Optimal waist-to-height ratio values for cardiometabolic risk screening in an ethnically diverse sample of South African urban and rural school boys and girls.

<h4>Background</h4>The proposed waist-to-height ratio (WHtR) cut-off of 0.5 is less optimal for cardiometabolic risk screening in children in many settings. The purpose of this study was to determine the optimal WHtR for children from South Africa, and investigate variations by gender, e...

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Autores principales: Tandi E Matsha, Andre-Pascal Kengne, Yandiswa Y Yako, Gloudina M Hon, Mogamat S Hassan, Rajiv T Erasmus
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Publicado: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://doaj.org/article/1c3b5f30c6a5484d9b1e0fd7c7c788eb
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