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Relationship between waist circumference, visceral fat and metabolic syndrome in a Congolese community: further research is still to be undertaken
INTRODUCTION: The criteria of positivity of waist circumference to define the metabolic syndrome as currently recommended for the population of sub-Saharan Africa do not take into account specific ethnic or regional variation. METHODS: The predictive value of different values of waist circumference...
Autores principales: | Katchunga, Philippe Bianga, Hermans, Michel, Bamuleke, Bertrand Akonkwa, Katoto, Patrick Cimusa, Kabinda, Jeff Maotela |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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The African Field Epidemiology Network
2013
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3597898/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23503103 http://dx.doi.org/10.11604/pamj.2013.14.20.1258 |
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