Comparison of multiple obesity indices for cardiovascular disease risk classification in South Asian adults: The CARRS Study

BACKGROUND: We comparatively assessed the performance of six simple obesity indices to identify adults with cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk factors in a diverse and contemporary South Asian population. METHODS: 8,892 participants aged 20–60 years in 2010–2011 were analyzed. Six obesity indices wer...

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Published in:PLoS One
Main Authors: Patel, Shivani A., Deepa, Mohan, Shivashankar, Roopa, Ali, Mohammed K., Kapoor, Deksha, Gupta, Ruby, Lall, Dorothy, Tandon, Nikhil, Mohan, Viswanathan, Kadir, M. Masood, Fatmi, Zafar, Prabhakaran, Dorairaj, Narayan, K. M. Venkat
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: Public Library of Science 2017
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5407781/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28448582
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0174251
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