Development of health-related waist circumference thresholds within BMI categories

Obesity Research

Volumn 12, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 1094-1103

  Ardern, Chris I ^a   Janssen, Ian ^a   Ross, Robert ^a   Katzmarzyk, Peter T ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Anthropometry; Framingham; Receiver operating characteristic; U.S. National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BODY CONSTITUTION; BODY MASS; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MALE; NUTRITION; OBESITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; REFERENCE VALUE; RISK FACTOR;

ADULT; ALGORITHMS; BODY CONSTITUTION; BODY MASS INDEX; CORONARY DISEASE; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; NUTRITION SURVEYS; OBESITY; REFERENCE VALUES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 6344248920     PISSN: 10717323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/oby.2004.137     Document Type: Article

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