Relationship of waist circumference, waist hip ratio and body mass index as predictors of obesity in adult Nigerians

Pakistan Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 15-18

  Odenigbo, U M ^a   Odenigbo, U C ^b   Oguejiofor, O C ^b   Adogu, P O U ^c  

^a MICHAEL OKPARA UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Nigeria)

^b NNAMDI AZIKIWE UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

^c IMO STATE UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Body mass index; Obesity; Waist circumference; Waist hip ratio

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NIGERIA; OBESITY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; SCREENING TEST; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEX DIFFERENCE; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; WAIST HIP RATIO;

EID: 79951745125     PISSN: 16805194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3923/pjn.2011.15.18     Document Type: Article

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