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How can waist circumference predict the body composition?

BACKGROUND: Waist circumference (WC) is used as a risk assessment for metabolic syndrome, diabetes, and cardiovascular disease (CVD). WC consists of visceral fat area (VFA), subcutaneous fat area (SFA), muscle, intramuscular fat, viscera, and bone. Each component of the WC may differ between the sex...

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Autores principales: Matsushita, Yumi, Nakagawa, Toru, Shinohara, Michihiro, Yamamoto, Shuichiro, Takahashi, Yoshihiko, Mizoue, Tetsuya, Yokoyama, Tetsuji, Noda, Mitsuhiko
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3922165/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24472677
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1758-5996-6-11