Muscle mass to visceral fat ratio is an important predictor of the metabolic syndrome in college students

This study aimed to evaluate the associations between the muscle mass to visceral fat (MVF) ratio and cardiometabolic risk factors in a large population of college students in Colombia and to propose cut-off points of this index for the metabolic syndrome (MetS). A total of 1464 young adults recruit...

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2019

Institución:

Universidad del Rosario

Repositorio:

Repositorio EdocUR - U. Rosario

Idioma:

eng

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oai:repository.urosario.edu.co:10336/23611

Acceso en línea:

https://doi.org/10.1017/S0007114518003392
https://repository.urosario.edu.co/handle/10336/23611

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Adolescent
Adult
Age
Anthropometry
Area under the curve
Article
Blood pressure
Cardiometabolic risk
Clinical assessment
Clinical evaluation
College student
Colombia
Cross-sectional study
Diagnostic test accuracy study
Disease severity
Female
Human
Hypertension
Intra-abdominal fat
Lifestyle modification
Male
Metabolic disorder
Metabolic syndrome x
Muscle mass
Muscle strength
Obesity
Physical activity
Population research
Prevalence
Receiver operating characteristic
Sensitivity and specificity
Sex difference
Young adult
Cardiometabolic risk
Early adulthood
Muscle mass
Visceral fat

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