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Assessing cardiometabolic risk in middle-aged adults using body mass index and waist–height ratio: are two indices better than one? A cross-sectional study
BACKGROUND: A novel obesity classification method has been proposed using body mass index (BMI) and waist–height ratio (WHtR) together. However, the utility of this approach is unclear. In this study we compare the metabolic profiles in subjects defined as overweight or obese by both measures. We ex...
Autores principales: | Millar, Seán R., Perry, Ivan J., Phillips, Catherine M. |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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BioMed Central
2015
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4562186/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26351521 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13098-015-0069-5 |
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