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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Main Authors: Shailendra Singh, Mohit Aggarwal, Anurag Agrawal, Bapu Koundinya Desiraju, Anubhuti Bansal
Formato: Artigo
Idioma:English
Publicado: Wellcome 2021-05-01
Series:Wellcome Open Research
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Acceso en liña:https://wellcomeopenresearch.org/articles/5-273/v2