Performance of anthropometric indicators as predictors of metabolic syndrome in Brazilian adolescents

• मुख्य लेखकों: Raphael Gonçalves de Oliveira (लेखक), Dartagnan Pinto Guedes (लेखक)
• स्वरूप: पुस्तक
• प्रकाशित: BMC, 2018-02-01T00:00:00Z.
• विषय: article
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Abstract Background It is not clear which is the best anthropometric indicator to predict metabolic syndrome (MetS) in adolescents. Our objective was to identify the predictive power, with respective cut-off points, of anthropometric indicators associated with the quantity and distribution of body f...