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Waist-to-Height Ratio as an Index for Cardiometabolic Risk in Adolescents: Results from the 1998-2008 KNHANES

PURPOSE: To describe the relationship between the waist-to-height ratio (WHtR) and cardiometabolic risk factors (CMRFs) and to evaluate the validity of WHtR in identifying adolescents with metabolic syndrome. MATERIALS AND METHODS: We analyzed data from a pooled population of 4068 adolescents aged 1...

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Autores principales: Chung, In Hyuk, Park, Sangshin, Park, Mi Jung, Yoo, Eun-Gyong
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Yonsei University College of Medicine 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4800356/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26996566
http://dx.doi.org/10.3349/ymj.2016.57.3.658