The waist-hip ratio: a flawed index
The waist-hip ratio, namely waist circumference (WC) divided by hip circumference (HC), has been referred to in thousands of articles, generally as a correlate and predictor either of health conditions such as cardiovascular disease and diabetes, or of amounts of visceral and subcutaneous abdominal...
Main Author: | Richard Francis Burton |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Taylor & Francis Group
2020-11-01
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Series: | Annals of Human Biology |
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Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/03014460.2020.1820079 |
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