Cardiovascular Anthropometry: What Is Best Suited for Large-Scale Population Screening in Sub-Saharan Africa?

Background : Body mass index (BMI) measures overweight/obesity. It, however, especially in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), misclassifies cardiometabolic risk. Central obesity measures are superior. We therefore sought to compare BMI, waist-to-hip ratio (WHR) and abdominal height (AH) in predicting cardiov...

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Autores principales: Agbo, Hadiza A., Zoakah, Ayuba I., Isichei, Christian O., Sagay, Atiene S., Achenbach, Chad J., Okeahialam, Basil N.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Frontiers Media S.A. 2020
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Cardiovascular Medicine
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7744454/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33344511
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fcvm.2020.522123

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