A novel cutoff for the waist-to-height ratio predicting metabolic syndrome in young American adults
Abstract Background Recent studies have shown the enhanced diagnostic capability of the waist-to-height ratio (WHtR) over BMI. However, while a structured cutoff hierarchy has been established for BMI, a rigorous analysis to define individuals as obese using the WHtR has not been performed on a samp...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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BMC
2016-04-01
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| Series: | BMC Public Health |
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| Online Access: | http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12889-016-2964-6 |