Defining Obesity Cut-Off Points for Migrant South Asians

BACKGROUND: Body mass index (BMI) and waist circumference (WC) are used to define cardiovascular and type 2 diabetes risk. We aimed to derive appropriate BMI and WC obesity cut-off points in a migrant South Asian population. METHODS: 4688 White Europeans and 1333 South Asians resident in the UK aged...

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Autores principales: Gray, Laura J., Yates, Thomas, Davies, Melanie J., Brady, Emer, Webb, David R., Sattar, Naveed, Khunti, Kamlesh
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2011
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3198431/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22039493
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0026464

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3198431/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22039493
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0026464

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