A body shape index and body roundness index: two new body indices to identify diabetes mellitus among rural populations in northeast China

BACKGROUND: The Body Mass Index (BMI) has long been used as an anthropometric measurement. Waist circumference (WC) and waist-to-height ratio (WHtR) have been proposed as alternatives to BMI. Recently, two new anthropometric indices, the A Body Shape Index (ABSI) and Body Roundness Index (BRI) have...

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Autores principales: Chang, Ye, Guo, Xiaofan, Chen, Yintao, Guo, Liang, Li, Zhao, Yu, Shasha, Yang, Hongmei, Sun, Yingxian
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2015
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4544789/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26286520
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12889-015-2150-2

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4544789/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26286520
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12889-015-2150-2

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