The utility of fat mass index vs. body mass index and percentage of body fat in the screening of metabolic syndrome

BACKGROUND: It has been well documented that obesity is closely associated with metabolic syndrome (MetS). Although body mass index (BMI) is the most frequently used method to assess overweightness and obesity, this method has been criticized because BMI does not always reflect true body fatness, wh...

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Main Authors: Liu, Pengju, Ma, Fang, Lou, Huiping, Liu, Yanping
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: BioMed Central 2013
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3703297/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23819808
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2458-13-629
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