BMI-Specific Waist Circumference Thresholds to Discriminate Elevated Cardiometabolic Risk in White and African American Adults

OBJECTIVE: Waist circumference (WC) is a useful anthropometric tool to estimate cardiometabolic risk. However, BMI influences the relationship between WC and health. This study determined BMI-, sex- and race-specific WC thresholds. METHODS: The study sample included 6,452 whites and African American...

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Autores principales: Staiano, Amanda E., Bouchard, Claude, Katzmarzyk, Peter T.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: S. Karger GmbH 2013
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Original Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4343283/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23970141
http://dx.doi.org/10.1159/000354712

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4343283/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23970141
http://dx.doi.org/10.1159/000354712

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