Cargando…

Waist circumference values equivalent to body mass index points for predicting absolute cardiovascular disease risks among adults in an Aboriginal community: a prospective cohort study

OBJECTIVE: There have been suggestions that currently recommended waist circumference (WC) cut-off points for Australians of European origin may not be applicable to Aboriginal people who have different body habitus profiles. We aimed to generate equivalent WC values that correspond to body mass ind...

Descripción completa

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Adegbija, Odewumi, Hoy, Wendy E, Wang, Zhiqiang
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BMJ Publishing Group 2015
Materias:
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4654306/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26567258
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2015-009185