Waist circumference cutoff identifying risks of obesity, metabolic syndrome, and cardiovascular disease in men with spinal cord injury.

<h4>Objectives</h4>To apply spinal cord injury (SCI) specific waist circumference (WC) cutoff point to identify risks of 1) obesity, 2) metabolic syndrome (MetS), 3) cardiovascular disease (CVD).<h4>Methods</h4>Thirty-six men with chronic SCI underwent anthropometric measurem...

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Main Authors: Satinder Gill, Ryan M Sumrell, Adam Sima, David X Cifu, Ashraf S Gorgey
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2020-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0236752