Sensitivity of various adiposity indices in identifying cardiometabolic diseases in Arab adults

BACKGROUND: Obesity is a recognized risk factor for various cardiometabolic diseases and several indices are used clinically to assess overall cardiometabolic risk. This study aims to determine the sensitivity of six anthropometric indices [Body mass index (BMI), waist, waist-to-hip ratio (WHR), wai...

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Autores principales: Al-Daghri, Nasser M, Al-Attas, Omar S, Wani, Kaiser, Alnaami, Abdullah M, Sabico, Shaun, Al-Ajlan, Abdulrahman, Chrousos, George P, Alokail, Majed S
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2015
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Original Investigation
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4566864/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26249167
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12933-015-0265-5

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4566864/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26249167
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12933-015-0265-5

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