LMS tables for waist circumference and waist-height ratio in Colombian adults: Analysis of nationwide data 2010

Background/Objectives:Indices predictive of central obesity include waist circumference (WC) and waist-to-height ratio (WHtR). These data are lacking for Colombian adults. This study aims at establishing smoothed centile charts and LMS tables for WC and WHtR; appropriate cutoffs were selected using...

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Autores Principales: Ramírez-Vélez, R, Correa-Bautista, J E, Martínez-Torres, J, Méneses-Echavez, J F, González-Ruiz, K, González-Jiménez, E, Schmidt-RioValle, J, Lobelo, F
Formato: Artículo (Article)
Lenguaje:Inglés (English)
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://repository.urosario.edu.co/handle/10336/24005
https://doi.org/10.1038/ejcn.2016.46