The cutoffvalue of waist circumference for predicting metabolic risks in pre- and post-Menopausal Korean women: Analysis of 2010 Korean national health and nutrition examination survey data

Korean Journal of Family Medicine

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 307-318

  Lee, Ok Gyu ^a   Hur, Yang Im ^b   Kang, Jae Heon ^a   Park, Hyun Ah ^a   Kim, Kyoung Woo ^a   Cho, Young Gyu ^a   Choi, Won Young ^a   Park, Hyesook ^c   Lee, Hye Ah ^c  

^a Inje University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Inje Institute of Advanced Studies   (South Korea)

^c Ewha Womans University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Abdominal obesity; Body mass index; Cutoffvalue; Menopause; Metabolic syndrome; Waist circumference; Waist to height ratio; Women

Indexed keywords

EID: 84885979173     PISSN: 20056443     EISSN: 20926715     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4082/kjfm.2013.34.5.307     Document Type: Article

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