Open AccessCardiometabolic risk factors and obesity: does it matter whether BMI or waist circumference is the index of obesity?
Author(s) -
Fahim Abbasi,
Christine Blasey,
Gerald M. Reaven
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
american journal of clinical nutrition
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.608
H-Index - 336
eISSN - 1938-3207
pISSN - 0002-9165
DOI - 10.3945/ajcn.112.047506
Subject(s) - waist , obesity , body mass index , circumference , medicine , waist to height ratio , body volume index , index (typography) , classification of obesity , mathematics , fat mass , computer science , geometry , world wide web
It has been suggested that the cardiometabolic risk associated with excess adiposity is particularly related to central obesity.
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