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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...
Autores principales: | Staiano, Amanda E., Bouchard, Claude, Katzmarzyk, Peter T. |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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S. Karger GmbH
2013
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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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