Anthropometric measurements of general and central obesity and the prediction of cardiovascular disease risk in women: a cross-sectional study

Objectives: It is important to ascertain which anthropometric measurements of obesity, general or central, are better predictors of cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk in women. 10-year CVD risk was calculated from the Framingham risk score model, SCORE risk chart for high-risk regions, general CVD an...

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Main Authors: Goh, Louise, Dhaliwal, Satvinder, Welborn, T., Lee, Andy, Della, Phillip
Format: Journal Article
Published: B M J Group 2014
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/10965