Sensitivity and specificity of waist circumference as a screening tool for assessment of obesity in rural population

• Auteurs principaux: Jayaprakash S Appajigol (Auteur), Manjunath S Somannavar (Auteur), Ramesh R Araganji (Auteur)
• Format: Livre
• Publié: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications, 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Sujets: article
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Context: Prevalence of obesity increasing worldwide, including in the rural populations. Waist circumference (WC) and body mass index (BMI) are closely related in measuring obesity. Measuring WC is easier than measuring height and weight for calculating BMI. Therefore, WC measurement can be used as...