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An Anthropometric Risk Index Based on Combining Height, Weight, Waist, and Hip Measurements

Body mass index (BMI) can be considered an application of a power law model to express body weight independently of height. Based on the same power law principle, we previously introduced a body shape index (ABSI) to be independent of BMI and height. Here, we develop a new hip index (HI) whose norma...

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Autores principales: Krakauer, Nir Y., Krakauer, Jesse C.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5088335/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27830087
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/8094275