Predicting waist circumference from body mass index
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Predicting waist circumference from body mass index
BACKGROUND Being overweight or obese increases risk for cardiometabolic disorders. Although both body mass index (BMI) and waist circumference (WC) measure the level of overweight and obesity, WC may be more important because of its closer relationship to total body fat. Because WC is typically not assessed in clinical practice, this study sought to develop and verify a model to predict WC from...
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عنوان ژورنال: BMC Medical Research Methodology
سال: 2012
ISSN: 1471-2288
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2288-12-115