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Waist Circumference Adjusted for Body Mass Index and Intra-Abdominal Fat Mass

BACKGROUND: The association between waist circumference (WC) and mortality is particularly strong and direct when adjusted for body mass index (BMI). One conceivable explanation for this association is that WC adjusted for BMI is a better predictor of the presumably most harmful intra-abdominal fat...

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Autores principales: Berentzen, Tina Landsvig, Ängquist, Lars, Kotronen, Anna, Borra, Ronald, Yki-Järvinen, Hannele, Iozzo, Patricia, Parkkola, Riitta, Nuutila, Pirjo, Ross, Robert, Allison, David B., Heymsfield, Steven B., Overvad, Kim, Sørensen, Thorkild I. A., Jakobsen, Marianne Uhre
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3286444/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22384179
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0032213