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Using LMS tables to determine waist circumference and waist-to-height ratios in Colombian children and adolescents: the FUPRECOL study
BACKGROUND: Waist circumference (WC) and waist-to-height ratio (WHtR) are often used as indices predictive of central obesity. The aims of this study were: 1) to obtain smoothed centile charts and LMS tables for WC and WHtR among Colombian children and adolescents; 2) to evaluate the utility of thes...
Autores principales: | Ramírez-Vélez, Robinson, Moreno-Jiménez, Javier, Correa-Bautista, Jorge Enrique, Martínez-Torres, Javier, González-Ruiz, Katherine, González-Jiménez, Emilio, Schmidt-RioValle, Jacqueline, Lobelo, Felipe, Garcia-Hermoso, Antonio |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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BioMed Central
2017
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5506645/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28697745 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12887-017-0919-4 |
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