Neck circumference may be a valuable tool for screening individuals with obesity: findings from a young Chinese population and a meta-analysis

BACKGROUND: Central obesity and overweight/obesity can result in various chronic non-communicable diseases, such as cardiovascular disease, metabolic syndrome, and diabetes mellitus. Waist circumference (WC) and body mass index (BMI) are widely used to measure obesity despite their limitations. For...

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Autores principales: Pei, Xiaoting, Liu, Li, Imam, Mustapha Umar, Lu, Ming, Chen, Yanzi, Sun, Panpan, Guo, Yaxin, Xu, Yiping, Ping, Zhiguang, Fu, Xiaoli
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2018
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5910608/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29678132
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12889-018-5448-z

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5910608/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29678132
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12889-018-5448-z

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