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Association between obesity indices and cardiovascular risk factors in late adolescence in the Seychelles
BACKGROUND: The ability of different obesity indices to predict cardiovascular risk is still debated in youth and few data are available in sub Saharan Africa. We compared the associations between several indices of obesity and cardiovascular risk factors (CVRFs) in late adolescence in the Seychelle...
Autores principales: | Bovet, Pascal, Arlabosse, Tiphaine, Viswanathan, Bharathi, Myers, Gary |
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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/PMC3507891/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23134594 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2431-12-176 |
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