Separate associations of waist and hip circumference with lifestyle factors
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Associations between metabolic risk factors and body mass index, waist circumference, waist‐to‐height ratio and waist‐to‐hip ratio in a Chinese rural population
AIMS/INTRODUCTION Obesity plays a central role in metabolic syndrome. Obesity indexes are important in clinical work. In the present study, we sought to determine the relationships between obesity indexes and metabolic risk factors. MATERIALS AND METHODS We studied 11,568 participants over 35 years. Body mass index, waist circumference (WC), waist-to-height ratio (WHtR) and waist-to-hip ratio...
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عنوان ژورنال: International Journal of Epidemiology
سال: 1998
ISSN: 1464-3685
DOI: 10.1093/ije/27.3.422