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Routine clinical measures of adiposity as predictors of visceral fat in adolescence: a population-ba...

Routine clinical measures of adiposity as predictors of visceral fat in adolescence: a population-ba...

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Routine clinical measures of adiposity as predictors of visceral fat in adolescence: a population-based magnetic resonance imaging study

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Routine clinical measures of adiposity as predictors of visceral fat in adolescence: a population-based magnetic resonance imaging study

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United States: Public Library of Science

Journal title

PloS one, 2013-11, Vol.8 (11), p.e79896-e79896

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English

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United States: Public Library of Science

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Contents

Visceral fat (VF) increases cardiometabolic risk more than fat stored subcutaneously. Here, we investigated how well routine clinical measures of adiposity, namely body mass index (BMI) and waist circumference (waist), predict VF and subcutaneous fat (SF) in a large population-based sample of adolescents. As body-fat distribution differs between ma...

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Routine clinical measures of adiposity as predictors of visceral fat in adolescence: a population-based magnetic resonance imaging study

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TN_cdi_plos_journals_1450016364

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_plos_journals_1450016364

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1932-6203

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1932-6203

DOI

10.1371/journal.pone.0079896

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