Neck and waist circumference values according to sex, age, and body-mass index: Brazilian Longitudinal Study of Adult Health (ELSA-Brasil)

Neck and waist circumference values according to sex, age, and body-mass index: Brazilian Longitudinal Study of Adult Health (ELSA-Brasil)

Body fat distribution predicts cardiovascular events better than body-mass index (BMI). Waist circumference (WC) and neck circumference (NC) are inexpensive anthropometric measurements. We aimed to present the conditional distribution of WC and NC values according to BMI, stratified by age and sex,...

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Main Authors: B.A.B. Moura, I.S. Santos, A.C. Goulart, M.I. Schmidt, P.A. Lotufo, I.M. Bensenor, C.P. Baena
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Associação Brasileira de Divulgação Científica 2020-08-01
Series:Brazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Research
Subjects:
Nomograms
Adiposity
Body-mass index
Waist
Neck
Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-879X2020001000601&tlng=en

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