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Deriving an optimal threshold of waist circumference for detecting cardiometabolic risk in sub-Saharan Africa
BACKGROUND: Waist circumference (WC) thresholds derived from western populations continue to be used in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) despite increasing evidence of ethnic variation in the association between adiposity and cardiometabolic disease and availability of data from African populations. We aime...
Autores principales: | Ekoru, K, Murphy, G A V, Young, E H, Delisle, H, Jerome, C S, Assah, F, Longo–Mbenza, B, Nzambi, J P D, On'Kin, J B K, Buntix, F, Muyer, M C, Christensen, D L, Wesseh, C S, Sabir, A, Okafor, C, Gezawa, I D, Puepet, F, Enang, O, Raimi, T, Ohwovoriole, E, Oladapo, O O, Bovet, P, Mollentze, W, Unwin, N, Gray, W K, Walker, R, Agoudavi, K, Siziya, S, Chifamba, J, Njelekela, M, Fourie, C M, Kruger, S, Schutte, A E, Walsh, C, Gareta, D, Kamali, A, Seeley, J, Norris, S A, Crowther, N J, Pillay, D, Kaleebu, P, Motala, A A, Sandhu, M S |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Nature Publishing Group
2018
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5880575/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29087388 http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/ijo.2017.240 |
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