Diagnostic performance of Body Mass Index, Waist Circumference and the Waist-to-Height Ratio for identifying cardiometabolic risk in Scottish pre-adolescents

Diagnostic performance of Body Mass Index, Waist Circumference and the Waist-to-Height Ratio for identifying cardiometabolic risk in Scottish pre-adolescents

Background: Limited studies have examined the diagnostic performance of body mass index (BMI), waist circumference (WC) or waist-to-height ratio (WHtR) for identifying cardiometabolic risk (increased clustered glucose, triglycerides, mean arterial pressure and inv-HDL-cholesterol) in pre-adolescent...

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Main Authors: Duncan S. Buchan, Gillian McLellan, Samantha Donnelly, Rosie Arthur
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Taylor & Francis Group 2017-05-01
Series:Annals of Human Biology
Subjects:
weight status
youth
obesity
cardiometabolic risk
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/03014460.2016.1247911

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