Standardisation of the waist circumference (WC) for each range of Body Mass Index (BMI) in adult outpatients attended to in Endocrinology and Nutrition Departments

Nutricion Hospitalaria

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 262-269

  De La Torre, M López ^a   Bellido, D ^b   Soto, A ^c   Carreira, J ^b   Hernandez Mijares A ^c  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO VIRGEN DE LAS NIEVES   (Spain)

^b Universidad de La Coruña   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF A CORUÑA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Body mass index; Diabetes mellitus; Obesity; Standardization; Waist circumference

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; ENDOCRINOLOGY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENT; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITIONAL SCIENCE; OUTPATIENT; STANDARD; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BODY MASS INDEX; ENDOCRINOLOGY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENTS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITIONAL SCIENCES; OUTPATIENTS; REFERENCE STANDARDS; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77950312113     PISSN: 02121611     EISSN: 16995198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3305/nh.2010.25.2.4520     Document Type: Article

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