Cardiometabolic risk in young adults from northern Mexico: Revisiting body mass index and waist-circumference as predictors

BACKGROUND: A body mass index (BMI) ≥30 kg/m(2) and a waist circumference (WC) ≥80 cm in women (WCF) or ≥90 cm in men (WCM) are reference cardiometabolic risk markers (CMM) for Mexicans adults. However, their reliability to predict other CMM (index tests) in young Mexicans has not been studied in de...

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Autores principales: Wall-Medrano, Abraham, Ramos-Jiménez, Arnulfo, Hernandez-Torres, Rosa P., Villalobos-Molina, Rafael, Tapia-Pancardo, Diana C., Jiménez-Flores, J. Rafael, Méndez-Cruz, A. René, Murguía-Romero, Miguel, Gallardo-Ortíz, Itzell A., Urquídez-Romero, René
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2016
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4782332/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26956639
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12889-016-2896-1

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4782332/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26956639
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12889-016-2896-1

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