Cargando...

BMI-Specific Waist Circumference Thresholds to Discriminate Elevated Cardiometabolic Risk in White and African American Adults

OBJECTIVE: Waist circumference (WC) is a useful anthropometric tool to estimate cardiometabolic risk. However, BMI influences the relationship between WC and health. This study determined BMI-, sex- and race-specific WC thresholds. METHODS: The study sample included 6,452 whites and African American...

Descrición completa

Gardado en:
Detalles Bibliográficos
Publicado en:Obes Facts
Main Authors: Staiano, Amanda E., Bouchard, Claude, Katzmarzyk, Peter T.
Formato: Artigo
Idioma:Inglês
Publicado: S. Karger GmbH 2013
Assuntos:
Acceso en liña:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4343283/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23970141
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1159/000354712
Tags: Engadir etiqueta
Sen Etiquetas, Sexa o primeiro en etiquetar este rexistro!