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

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

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