Which of the anthropometric measures to define excess weight is the best discriminator of cardiovascular risk?;¿Qué medida antropométrica de exceso de peso discrimina mejor el riesgo cardiovascular?

Medicina Clinica

Volumn 134, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 396-398

  Moreira Andrés, María Natividad ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO 12 DE OCTUBRE   (Spain)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; HYPERTENSION; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; OBESITY;

ANTHROPOMETRY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; HUMANS; OVERWEIGHT; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 77950298471     PISSN: 00257753     EISSN: 15788989     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.medcli.2010.01.001     Document Type: Article

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