Changes in distributions of waist circumference, waist-to-hip ratio and waist-to-height ratio over an 18-year period among Chinese adults: a longitudinal study using quantile regression
Abstract Background Little is known about the long-term shifts in distributions of three abdominal-obesity-related indicators, waist circumference (WC), waist-to-hip ratio (WHpR) and waist-to-height ratio (WHtR) among Chinese adults. Traditional mean regression models used in the previous analyses w...
Main Authors: | Xiwen Qian, Chang Su, Bing Zhang, Guoyou Qin, Huijun Wang, Zhenyu Wu |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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BMC
2019-06-01
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Series: | BMC Public Health |
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Online Access: | http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12889-019-6927-6 |
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