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Neck and waist circumference values according to sex, age, and body-mass index: Brazilian Longitudinal Study of Adult Health (ELSA-Brasil)

Body fat distribution predicts cardiovascular events better than body-mass index (BMI). Waist circumference (WC) and neck circumference (NC) are inexpensive anthropometric measurements. We aimed to present the conditional distribution of WC and NC values according to BMI, stratified by age and sex,...

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Autores principales: Moura, B.A.B., Santos, I.S., Goulart, A.C., Schmidt, M.I., Lotufo, P.A., Bensenor, I.M., Baena, C.P.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Associação Brasileira de Divulgação Científica 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7433850/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32813851
http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/1414-431X20209815