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Specific cut-off points for waist circumference and waist-to-height ratio as predictors of cardiometabolic risk in Black subjects: a cross-sectional study in Benin and Haiti
PURPOSE: Waist circumference (WC) and waist-to-height ratio (WHtR) are widely used as indicators of abdominal adiposity and the cut-off values have been validated primarily in Caucasians. In this study we identified the WC and WHtR cut-off points that best predicted cardiometabolic risk (CMR) in gro...
Autores principales: | EL Mabchour, Asma, Delisle, Hélène, Vilgrain, Colette, Larco, Philippe, Sodjinou, Roger, Batal, Malek |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Dove Medical Press
2015
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4629961/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26604808 http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/DMSO.S88893 |
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