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The influence of hip circumference on the relationship between abdominal obesity and mortality
Background Higher waist circumference and lower hip circumference are both associated with increased cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk, despite being directly correlated. The real effects of visceral obesity may therefore be underestimated when hip circumference is not fully taken into account. We h...
Autores principales: | , , , , , , , , , , |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Oxford University Press
2012
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3324456/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22266094 http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ije/dyr198 |