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Waist Circumference and Body Mass Index as Predictors of Health Care Costs

BACKGROUND: In the present study we analyze the relationship between body mass index (BMI) and waist circumference (WC) and future health care costs. On the basis of the relation between these anthropometric measures and mortality, we hypothesized that for all levels of BMI increased WC implies adde...

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Hauptverfasser: Højgaard, Betina, Gyrd-Hansen, Dorte, Olsen, Kim Rose, Søgaard, Jes, Sørensen, Thorkild I. A.
Format: Artigo
Sprache:Inglês
Veröffentlicht: Public Library of Science 2008
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Online Zugang:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2440800/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18612430
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0002619
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