Performance of waist circumference and proposed cutoff levels for defining overweight and obesity in Nigerians

BACKGROUND: Waist circumference (WC) is a simple tool for measuring central obesity in routine clinic settings. Gender- and ethnic-specific optimal cutoff points for WC are encouraged for populations lacking such data. OBJECTIVES: To derive WC cutoff values, predictive of overweight and obesity in N...

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Autores principales: Okafor, Christian I., Raimi, Taiwo H., Gezawa, Ibrahim D., Sabir, Anas A., Enang, Ofem, Puepet, Fabian, Fasanmade, Olufemi A., Ofoegbu, Esther N., Odusan, Olatunde
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5402832/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27853033
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/1596-3519.194275

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5402832/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27853033
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/1596-3519.194275

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