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