Obesity Is Underestimated Using Body Mass Index and Waist-Hip Ratio in Long-Term Adult Survivors of Childhood Cancer

OBJECTIVE: Obesity, represented by high body mass index (BMI), is a major complication after treatment for childhood cancer. However, it has been shown that high total fat percentage and low lean body mass are more reliable predictors of cardiovascular morbidity. In this study longitudinal changes o...

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Autores principales: Blijdorp, Karin, van den Heuvel-Eibrink, Marry M., Pieters, Rob, Boot, Annemieke M., Delhanty, Patric J. D., van der Lely, Aart-Jan, Neggers, Sebastian J. C. M. M.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2012
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3419210/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22905245
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0043269

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3419210/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22905245
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0043269

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