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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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Main Authors: Højgaard, Betina, Gyrd-Hansen, Dorte, Olsen, Kim Rose, Søgaard, Jes, Sørensen, Thorkild I. A.
Formato: Artigo
Idioma:Inglês
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2008
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Acceso en liña: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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