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Measuring Abdominal Obesity: Effects of Height on Distribution of Cardiometabolic Risk Factors Risk Using Waist Circumference and Waist-to-Height Ratio

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Accumulating evidence suggests that measures of abdominal obesity outperform BMI in predicting diabetes and cardiovascular risk. However, it is debated which measure of obesity should be used. Currently, waist circumference (WC) is most commonly used and codefines the metabolic syndrome.

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  1. urn:nbn:de:bsz:14-qucosa-119990
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Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:DRESDEN/oai:qucosa:de:qucosa:27093
Date January 2011
CreatorsSchneider, Harald J., Klotsche, Jens, Silber, Sigmund, Stalla, Günter K., Wittchen, Hans-Ulrich
PublisherTechnische Universität Dresden
Source SetsHochschulschriftenserver (HSSS) der SLUB Dresden
LanguageEnglish
Detected LanguageEnglish
Typedoc-type:article, info:eu-repo/semantics/article, doc-type:Text
SourceDiabetes Care, Bd. 34 (2011), Nr. 1, e7, ISSN: 0149-5992
Rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
Relation10.2337/dc10-1794

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