Log in to save to my catalogue

A Comparison between BMI, Waist Circumference, and Waist-To-Height Ratio for Identifying Cardio-Meta...

A Comparison between BMI, Waist Circumference, and Waist-To-Height Ratio for Identifying Cardio-Meta...

https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_plos_journals_1950591815

A Comparison between BMI, Waist Circumference, and Waist-To-Height Ratio for Identifying Cardio-Metabolic Risk in Children and Adolescents

About this item

Full title

A Comparison between BMI, Waist Circumference, and Waist-To-Height Ratio for Identifying Cardio-Metabolic Risk in Children and Adolescents

Publisher

United States: Public Library of Science

Journal title

PloS one, 2016-02, Vol.11 (2), p.e0149351-e0149351

Language

English

Formats

Publication information

Publisher

United States: Public Library of Science

More information

Scope and Contents

Contents

There is controversial evidence on the associations between anthropometric measures with clustering of cardiovascular disease risk factors in pediatric ages. We aimed to examine the associations between body mass index (BMI), waist circumference (WC), and waist-to-height ratio (WHtR) with clustered cardiometabolic risk factors and to determine whet...

Alternative Titles

Full title

A Comparison between BMI, Waist Circumference, and Waist-To-Height Ratio for Identifying Cardio-Metabolic Risk in Children and Adolescents

Identifiers

Primary Identifiers

Record Identifier

TN_cdi_plos_journals_1950591815

Permalink

https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_plos_journals_1950591815

Other Identifiers

ISSN

1932-6203

E-ISSN

1932-6203

DOI

10.1371/journal.pone.0149351

How to access this item