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Performance of neck circumference to predict obesity and metabolic syndrome among adult Saudis: a cross-sectional study
BACKGROUND: Neck circumference (NC) is a novel simple and stable body measurement, a growing body of evidence indicates its validity to diagnose obesity and metabolic syndrome (MetS). Because the cutoff value of NC is gender and ethnic-specific; we conducted the current study to explore the performa...
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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BioMed Central
2019
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6442431/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30984406 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40608-019-0235-7 |