Performance of body mass index and percentage of body fat in predicting cardiometabolic risk factors in Thai adults

BACKGROUND: Body mass index (BMI) and percentage of body fat (PBF) are used to measure obesity; however, their performance in identifying cardiometabolic risk in Southeast Asians is unclear. Generally, Asian women have higher PBF and lower BMI than do men and other ethnic populations. This study was...

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Autores principales: Vanavanan, Somlak, Srisawasdi, Pornpen, Rochanawutanon, Mana, Kumproa, Nalinee, Kruthkul, Khanat, Kroll, Martin H
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Dove Medical Press 2018
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Original Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5987789/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29910627
http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/DMSO.S167294

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5987789/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29910627
http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/DMSO.S167294

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