Can body mass index, waist circumference, waist-hip ratio and waist-height ratio predict the presence of multiple metabolic risk factors in Chinese subjects?

BACKGROUND: Obesity is associated with metabolic risk factors. Body mass index (BMI), waist circumference, waist-hip ratio (WHR) and waist-height ratio (WHtR) are used to predict the risk of obesity related diseases. However, it has not been examined whether these four indicators can detect the clus...

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Autores principales: Liu, Yong, Tong, Guanghui, Tong, Weiwei, Lu, Liping, Qin, Xiaosong
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2011
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3032682/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21226967
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2458-11-35

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