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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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| Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
| Lenguaje: | English |
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Public Library of Science
2013
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| 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 |