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The Importance of Waist Circumference and BMI for Mortality Risk in Diabetic Adults

OBJECTIVE: We aimed to determine the associations of waist circumference (WC) and BMI with all-cause mortality among patients with diabetes. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS: The sample included 847 white and 553 African American patients (18–69 years of age) with diabetes. Height, weight, and WC were me...

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Autores principales: Katzmarzyk, Peter T., Hu, Gang, Cefalu, William T., Mire, Emily, Bouchard, Claude
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: American Diabetes Association 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3781507/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23757429
http://dx.doi.org/10.2337/dc13-0219