Ability of body mass index to predict abnormal waist circumference: Receiving operating characteristics analysis

Diabetology and Metabolic Syndrome

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Lauria, Márcio Weissheimer ^a,b   Moreira, Lívia Maria Pinheiro ^b   Machado Coelho, George Luiz Lins ^c   Neto, Raimundo Marques Do Nascimento ^c   Soares, Maria Marta Sarquis ^a,b   Ramos, Adauto Versiani ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

^b HOSPITAL FELÍCIO ROCHO   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF OURO PRETO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Body mass index; Obesity; Waist circumference

Indexed keywords

EID: 84887799076     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17585996     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1758-5996-5-74     Document Type: Article

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