Association of body mass index, sagittal abdominal diameter and waist-hip ratio with cardiometabolic risk factors and adipocytokines in Arab children and adolescents

BACKGROUND: Sagittal abdominal diameter (SAD) is a novel anthropometric measure hypothesized to be a surrogate measure of visceral abdominal obesity in adults. This study aims to determine whether SAD is superior to other anthropometric measures such as body mass index (BMI) and waist to hip ratio (...

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Autores principales: Al-Attas, Omar S, Al-Daghri, Nasser M, Alokail, Majed S, Alkharfy, Khalid M, Draz, Hossam, Yakout, Sobhy, Sabico, Shaun, Chrousos, George
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2012
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3470957/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22871266
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2431-12-119

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3470957/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22871266
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2431-12-119

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