The utility of fat mass index vs. body mass index and percentage of body fat in the screening of metabolic syndrome

BACKGROUND: It has been well documented that obesity is closely associated with metabolic syndrome (MetS). Although body mass index (BMI) is the most frequently used method to assess overweightness and obesity, this method has been criticized because BMI does not always reflect true body fatness, wh...

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Autores principales: Liu, Pengju, Ma, Fang, Lou, Huiping, Liu, Yanping
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2013
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3703297/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23819808
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2458-13-629

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3703297/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23819808
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2458-13-629

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