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Predicting waist circumference from body mass index
BACKGROUND: Being overweight or obese increases risk for cardiometabolic disorders. Although both body mass index (BMI) and waist circumference (WC) measure the level of overweight and obesity, WC may be more important because of its closer relationship to total body fat. Because WC is typically not...
Autores principales: | Bozeman, Samuel R, Hoaglin, David C, Burton, Tanya M, Pashos, Chris L, Ben-Joseph, Rami H, Hollenbeak, Christopher S |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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BioMed Central
2012
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3441760/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22862851 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2288-12-115 |
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