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Estimating the proportion of metabolic health outcomes attributable to obesity: a cross-sectional exploration of body mass index and waist circumference combinations
BACKGROUND: Recent evidence suggests that a substantial subgroup of the population who have a high-risk waist circumference (WC) do not have an obese body mass index (BMI). This study aimed to explore whether including those with a non-obese BMI but high risk WC as ‘obese’ improves prediction of adi...
Autores principales: | Tanamas, Stephanie K., Permatahati, Viandini, Ng, Winda L., Backholer, Kathryn, Wolfe, Rory, Shaw, Jonathan E., Peeters, Anna |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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BioMed Central
2016
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4734864/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26855785 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40608-016-0085-5 |
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