Obesity in Botswana: time for new cut-off points for abdominal girth?
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Obesity in Botswana: time for new cut-off points for abdominal girth?
INTRODUCTION Country-specific cut-off points for defining central obesity in black Africans are long overdue. METHODS Anthropometric data from 215 (51.4%) male and 203 (48.6%) female patients seen in Gaborone between 2005 and 2015 were analysed to establish appropriate cut-off points for waist circumference (WC) corresponding to a body mass index (BMI) of 30 kg/m2. Relative risks for cardiome...
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عنوان ژورنال: Cardiovascular Journal of Africa
سال: 2017
ISSN: 1995-1892,1680-0745
DOI: 10.5830/cvja-2016-060