Appropriate body mass index and waist circumference cutoffs for categorization of overweight and central adiposity among Uighur adults in Xinjiang.

Appropriate body mass index and waist circumference cutoffs for categorization of overweight and central adiposity among Uighur adults in Xinjiang.

OBJECTIVE: The current overweight and central adiposity guidelines based on Western populations were not consistent with many studied based on the Asian populations. Uighur people live in Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region which is located in the center of Asia. Their overweight and central cutoffs w...

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Main Authors: Shuo Pan, Zi-Xiang Yu, Yi-Tong Ma, Fen Liu, Yi-Ning Yang, Xiang Ma, Zhen-Yan Fu, Xiao-Mei Li, Xiang Xie, You Chen, Bangdang Chen, Chun-Hui He
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3820640?pdf=render

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