Indices of abdominal obesity are better discriminators of cardiovascular risk factors than BMI: a meta-analysis

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Indices of abdominal obesity are better discriminators of cardiovascular risk factors than BMI: a meta-analysis

Objective: To determine which simple index of overweight and obesity is the best discriminator of cardiovascular risk factors. Study Design and Setting: This is a meta-analysis of published literature. MEDLINE was searched. Studies that used receiver-operating characteristics (ROC) curve analysis an...

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Main Authors:	Lee, Crystal, Huxley, Rachel, Wildman, R., Woodward, M.
Format:	Journal Article
Published:	Elsevier 2008
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/33307

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