Evaluation of the accuracy of anthropometric clinical indicators of visceral fat in adults and elderly.

Visceral obesity is associated with higher occurrence of cardiovascular events. There are few studies about the accuracy of anthropometric clinical indicators, using Computed Tomography (CT) as the gold standard. We aimed to determine the accuracy of anthropometric clinical indicators for discrimina...

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Main Authors: Anna Karla Carneiro Roriz, Luiz Carlos Santana Passos, Carolina Cunha de Oliveira, Michaela Eickemberg, Pricilla de Almeida Moreira, Lílian Ramos Sampaio
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4117503?pdf=render