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Comparison of multiple obesity indices for cardiovascular disease risk classification in South Asian adults: The CARRS Study

BACKGROUND: We comparatively assessed the performance of six simple obesity indices to identify adults with cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk factors in a diverse and contemporary South Asian population. METHODS: 8,892 participants aged 20–60 years in 2010–2011 were analyzed. Six obesity indices wer...

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Autores principales: Patel, Shivani A., Deepa, Mohan, Shivashankar, Roopa, Ali, Mohammed K., Kapoor, Deksha, Gupta, Ruby, Lall, Dorothy, Tandon, Nikhil, Mohan, Viswanathan, Kadir, M. Masood, Fatmi, Zafar, Prabhakaran, Dorairaj, Narayan, K. M. Venkat
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5407781/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28448582
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0174251