Measuring obesity to assess cardiovascular risk--inch tape, weighing machine, or both?
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Measuring obesity to assess cardiovascular risk--inch tape, weighing machine, or both?
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Is waist to height ratio a better and more practical measure of obesity to assess cardiovascular or diabetes risk in indians?J Assoc Physicians India. 2008 Mar;56:202-3; author reply 203-4. J Assoc Physicians India. 2008. PMID: 18700281 No abstract available.
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Body-mass index, waist-size, waist-hip ratio and cardiovascular risk factors in urban subejcts.J Assoc Physicians India. 2007 Sep;55:621-7. J Assoc Physicians India. 2007. PMID: 18051732
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