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Entering a New Era of Body Indices: The Feasibility of a Body Shape Index and Body Roundness Index to Identify Cardiovascular Health Status
BACKGROUND: The Body Mass Index (BMI) and Waist Circumference (WC) are well-used anthropometric predictors for cardiovascular diseases (CVD), but their validity is regularly questioned. Recently, A Body Shape Index (ABSI) and Body Roundness Index (BRI) were introduced as alternative anthropometric i...
Autores principales: | Maessen, Martijn F. H., Eijsvogels, Thijs M. H., Verheggen, Rebecca J. H. M., Hopman, Maria T. E., Verbeek, André L. M., de Vegt, Femmie |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Public Library of Science
2014
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4167703/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25229394 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0107212 |
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