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Waist-to-height ratio is a better screening tool than waist circumference and BMI for adult cardiometabolic risk factors: systematic review and meta-analysis
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Waist-to-height ratio is a better screening tool than waist circumference and BMI for adult cardiometabolic risk factors: systematic review and meta-analysis

M Ashwell, P Gunn and S Gibson
OBESITY REVIEWS, Vol.13(3), pp.275-286
01/03/2012
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-789X.2011.00952.x

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Science & Technology Life Sciences & Biomedicine Endocrinology & Metabolism ENDOCRINOLOGY & METABOLISM Body mass index (BMI) receiver operating characteristics (ROC) waist circumference (WC) waist-to-height ratio (WHtR) CORONARY-HEART-DISEASE BODY-MASS INDEX SIMPLE ANTHROPOMETRIC INDEXES PREDICT CARDIOVASCULAR RISK ABDOMINAL OBESITY BLOOD-PRESSURE CUTOFF VALUES HEALTH-RISKS THAI ADULTS MORTALITY
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