Waist-to-Height Ratio as an Index of Central Obesity: its association with Life-Style Characteristics
Background: In addition to all health complications of obesity, screening for central obesity is more important for diagnosing metabolic syndrome than body mass index, as there are increasingly “metabolically healthy obese” patients who have no central obesity; on the other hand, a subset of “meta...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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College of medicine/ University of Diyala
2018-09-01
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| Series: | Diyala Journal of Medicine |
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| Online Access: | http://djm.uodiyala.edu.iq/index.php/djm/article/view/137 |