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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...
Autores principales: | Sardinha, Luís B., Santos, Diana A., Silva, Analiza M., Grøntved, Anders, Andersen, Lars B., Ekelund, Ulf |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Public Library of Science
2016
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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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