Changes in waist circumference and the prevalence of abdominal obesity during 1994–2008 - cross-sectional and longitudinal results from two surveys: the Tromsø Study

BACKGROUND: Abdominal obesity increases all-cause mortality and is a risk factor for a number of diseases. There are few population-based studies of the longitudinal changes of abdominal obesity. METHODS: Based on data from the Tromsø Study, we studied gender- and age-specific mean waist circumferen...

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Autores principales: Jacobsen, Bjarne K., Aars, Nils Abel
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/PMC5031316/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27688892
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40608-016-0121-5

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5031316/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27688892
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40608-016-0121-5

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