A Comparison between BMI, Waist Circumference, and Waist-To-Height Ratio for Identifying Cardio-Metabolic Risk in Children and Adolescents

BACKGROUND: There is controversial evidence on the associations between anthropometric measures with clustering of cardiovascular disease risk factors in pediatric ages. We aimed to examine the associations between body mass index (BMI), waist circumference (WC), and waist-to-height ratio (WHtR) wit...

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Autores principales: Sardinha, Luís B., Santos, Diana A., Silva, Analiza M., Grøntved, Anders, Andersen, Lars B., Ekelund, Ulf
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2016
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4762486/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26901828
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0149351

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4762486/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26901828
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0149351

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