Objectives: The waist-to-stature ratio (WSR) is newly developed index, proposed to be of greater value as a simple anthropometric indicator, for predicting abdominal obesity and
related cardiovascular co-morbidities in adults and children. This study examined age and gender differences in waist-to-stature (WSR) as measure of centripetal fat patterning in a sample of children in Pretoria, South Africa.
Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:netd.ac.za/oai:union.ndltd.org:tut/oai:encore.tut.ac.za:d1000435 |
Date | 27 December 2010 |
Creators | Goon, DT, Toriola, AL, Shaw, BS, Amusa, LO |
Publisher | Pakistan Journal of Medical Science |
Source Sets | South African National ETD Portal |
Language | English |
Detected Language | English |
Type | Text |
Format | |
Rights | Pakistan Journal of Medical Science |
Relation | Pakistan Journal of Medical Science |
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