The inter-operator variability in measuring waist circumference and its potential impact on the diagnosis of the metabolic syndrome

Postgraduate Medical Journal

Volumn 84, Issue 993, 2008, Pages 344-347

  Panoulas, V F ^a   Ahmad, N ^b   Fazal, A A ^b   Kassamali, R H ^b   Nightingale, P ^c   Kitas, G D ^a   Labib, M ^a,d  

^a DUDLEY GROUP OF HOSPITALS NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS BIRMINGHAM NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^d RUSSELLS HALL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; OBESITY; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BODY MASS INDEX; HUMANS; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; OBSERVER VARIATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

EID: 50249087076     PISSN: 00325473     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/pgmj.2008.068825     Document Type: Article

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