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Association of a New Measure of Obesity with Hypertension and Health-Related Quality of Life

BACKGROUND: Despite its shortcomings, body mass index (BMI) has traditionally been used to define obesity. Another recently introduced obesity measure, A Body Shape Index (ABSI), has been introduced to focus on abdominal obesity, but its applicability remains limited. We analyzed the statistical pro...

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Autores principales: Chung, Wankyo, Park, Chun Gun, Ryu, Ohk-Hyun
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4868302/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27183311
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0155399