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Predicting cardiometabolic risk: waist-to-height ratio or BMI. A meta-analysis

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: The identification of increased cardiometabolic risk among asymptomatic individuals remains a huge challenge. The aim of this meta-analysis was to compare the association of body mass index (BMI), which is an index of general obesity, and waist-to-height ratio (WHtR), an i...

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Autores principales: Savva, Savvas C, Lamnisos, Demetris, Kafatos, Anthony G
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Dove Medical Press 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3810792/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24179379
http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/DMSO.S34220