Ratio of Trunk to Leg Volume as a New Body Shape Metric for Diabetes and Mortality

BACKGROUND: Body shape is a known risk factor for diabetes and mortality, but the methods estimating body shape, BMI and waist circumference are crude. We determined whether a novel body shape measure, trunk to leg volume ratio, was independently associated with diabetes and mortality. METHODS: Data...

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Autores principales: Wilson, Joseph P., Kanaya, Alka M., Fan, Bo, Shepherd, John A.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2013
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3707853/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23874736
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0068716

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3707853/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23874736
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0068716

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