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Indices of abdominal obesity are better discriminators of cardiovascular risk factors than BMI
Journal of Clinical Epidemiology, 06/11/08

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Lee CMY et al. - Body mass index (BMI) was the poorest discriminator for cardiovascular risk factors. Waist-to-height ratio (WHtR) was the best discriminator for hypertension, diabetes, and dyslipidemia in both sexes. Statistical evidence supports the superiority of measures of centralized obesity, especially WHtR, over BMI, for detecting cardiovascular risk factors in both men and women.

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