Waist Circumference as a Marker of Obesity Is More Predictive of Coronary Artery Calcification than Body Mass Index in Apparently Healthy Korean Adults: The Kangbuk Samsung Health Study

BACKGROUND: We aimed to assess the risk for coronary artery calcification (CAC) according to groups subdivided by body mass index (BMI) and waist circumference (WC) in apparently healthy Korean adults. METHODS: Thirty-three thousand four hundred and thirty-two participants (mean age, 42 years) in a...

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Autores principales: Park, Jongsin, Lee, Eun Seo, Lee, Da Young, Kim, Jihyun, Park, Se Eun, Park, Cheol-Young, Lee, Won-Young, Oh, Ki-Won, Park, Sung-Woo, Rhee, Eun-Jung
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Korean Endocrine Society 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5195833/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28029026
http://dx.doi.org/10.3803/EnM.2016.31.4.559