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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...
Autores principales: | Gray, Laura J., Yates, Thomas, Davies, Melanie J., Brady, Emer, Webb, David R., Sattar, Naveed, Khunti, Kamlesh |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Public Library of Science
2011
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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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