Screening of cardiovascular risk assessment accuracy of anthropometric indices in Indian children and adolescents [version 2; peer review: 2 approved, 1 approved with reservations]
Background: Body mass index (BMI) is the most popular anthropometric marker to define obesity and cardiometabolic risk. BMI is limited in its ability to discriminate central adiposity and other indices such as waist circumference (WC), and waist to height ratio (WHtR) could be a better choice. In th...
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| Language: | English |
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Wellcome
2021-05-01
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| Series: | Wellcome Open Research |
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| Online Access: | https://wellcomeopenresearch.org/articles/5-273/v2 |