Waist circumference as compared with body-mass index in predicting mortality from specific causes.
<h4>Background</h4>Whether waist circumference provides clinically meaningful information not delivered by body-mass index regarding prediction of cause-specific death is uncertain.<h4>Methods</h4>We prospectively examined waist circumference (WC) and body-mass index (BMI) in...
Main Authors: | Michael F Leitzmann, Steven C Moore, Annemarie Koster, Tamara B Harris, Yikyung Park, Albert Hollenbeck, Arthur Schatzkin |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2011-04-01
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Series: | PLoS ONE |
Online Access: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/21541313/pdf/?tool=EBI |
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