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Methodological problem with comparing increases in different measures of body weight
BACKGROUND: A number of studies have compared proportional increases over time in waist circumference (WC) and body mass index (BMI). However this method is flawed. Here, we explain why comparisons of WC and BMI must take into account the relationship between them. We used data from two cross-sectio...
Autores principales: | Walls, Helen L, Peeters, Anna, Mannan, Haider, Stevenson, Christopher |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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BioMed Central
2011
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3120697/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21600056 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1756-0500-4-145 |
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