Age-specific waist circumference cutoff-points for abdominal obesity diagnosis: a personalized strategy for a large Venezuelan population
Background Evidence shows that the ageing process is a determining factor in fat distribution, composition, and functionality. The goal of this research was to determine cut-off points for waist circumference according to age in the adult population from Maracaibo city, Venezuela. Methodology The Me...
- Autores:
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Bermudez, Valmore
Salazar, Juan
Martínez, María Sofía
Olivar, Luis Carlos
Nava, Manuel
Rojas, Milagros
Ortega, Ángel
Añez. Roberto
Rojas, Joselyn
Rodríguez, Johel E.
D'Marco, Luis
Cano, Clímaco
Toledo, Alexandra
Chacín, Maricarmen
- Tipo de recurso:
- Fecha de publicación:
- 2021
- Institución:
- Universidad Simón Bolívar
- Repositorio:
- Repositorio Digital USB
- Idioma:
- eng
- OAI Identifier:
- oai:bonga.unisimon.edu.co:20.500.12442/8383
- Acceso en línea:
- https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12442/8383
https://doi.org/10.1007/s40200-021-00735-0
- Palabra clave:
- Obesity
Waist circumference
Aging
Hypertension
Metabolic syndrome
Coronary artery disease
- Rights
- restrictedAccess
- License
- Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 Internacional