Neck circumference as a useful marker of obesity: A comparison with body mass index and waist circumference

Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Hingorjo, Mozaffer Rahim ^a   Qureshi, Masood Anwar ^b   Mehdi, Asghar ^c  

^a Dewan Medical and Dental College ^*  (Pakistan)

^b DOW UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (Pakistan)

^c Fatima Jinnah Dental College   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Anthropometry; Bmi; Neck circumference; Obesity; Overweight; Waist circumference

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE MARKER; FEMALE; HIP CIRCUMFERENCE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NECK CIRCUMFERENCE; OBESITY; SEX DIFFERENCE; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; WAIST HIP RATIO;

EID: 84455203043     PISSN: 00309982     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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