Performance of Waist-To-Height Ratio, Waist Circumference, and Body Mass Index in Discriminating Cardio-Metabolic Risk Factors in a Sample of School-Aged Mexican Children

The most common tools used to screen for abdominal obesity are waist circumference (WC) and waist-to-height ratio (WHtR); the latter may represent a more suitable tool for the general non-professional population. The objective of this study was to evaluate the association of WHtR, WC, and body mass...

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Autores principales: Aguilar-Morales, Ibiza, Colin-Ramirez, Eloisa, Rivera-Mancía, Susana, Vallejo, Maite, Vázquez-Antona, Clara
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6316407/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30513720
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/nu10121850

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6316407/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30513720
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/nu10121850

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