Obesity, Cardiac Remodeling, and Metabolic Profile: Validation of a New Simple Index beyond Body Mass Index

AIM: The body mass index (BMI), the most used anthropometric index of obesity, has an important limitation, not taking into consideration the distribution of body fat. We developed a new simple index: the waist-corrected BMI (wBMI), calculated as waist circumference (WC) × BMI. The study aim was to...

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Autores principales: Antonini-Canterin, Francesco, Di Nora, Concetta, Poli, Stefano, Sparacino, Lina, Cosei, Iulian, Ravasel, Andreea, Popescu, Andreea Catarina, Popescu, Bogdan Alexandru
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2018
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Original Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5875131/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29629255
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/jcecho.jcecho_63_17

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5875131/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29629255
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/jcecho.jcecho_63_17

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