Waist Circumference Values Are Increasing Beyond Those Expected From BMI Increases**
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Are the recent secular increases in the waist circumference of adults independent of changes in BMI?
BACKGROUND Several studies showed that the waist circumference of US adults has increased over the past 25 y. However, because of the high correlation between waist circumference and body mass index (BMI; in kg/m²) (r ∼ 0.9), it is uncertain if these trends in waist circumference exceed those expected on the basis of BMI changes over this time period. OBJECTIVE We assessed whether the recent ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Obesity
سال: 2007
ISSN: 1930-7381,1930-739X
DOI: 10.1038/oby.2007.282