Waist circumference as compared with body-mass index in predicting mortality from specific causes.

Waist circumference as compared with body-mass index in predicting mortality from specific causes.

<h4>Background</h4>Whether waist circumference provides clinically meaningful information not delivered by body-mass index regarding prediction of cause-specific death is uncertain.<h4>Methods</h4>We prospectively examined waist circumference (WC) and body-mass index (BMI) in...

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Main Authors: Michael F Leitzmann, Steven C Moore, Annemarie Koster, Tamara B Harris, Yikyung Park, Albert Hollenbeck, Arthur Schatzkin
Format: article
Language:EN
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2011
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Online Access:https://doaj.org/article/20bf1dffa5864d85a874d298b1a053c7
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