Evaluation of waist circumference to predict general obesity and arterial hypertension in women in Greater Metropolitan Belo Horizonte, Brazil Avaliação da capacidade preditiva da circunferência da cintura para obesidade global e hipertensão arterial em mulheres residentes na Região Metropolitana de Belo Horizonte, Brasil

• Главные авторы: Gustavo Velásquez-Meléndez (Автор), Gilberto Kac (Автор), Joaquim Gonçalves Valente (Автор), Roberta Tavares (Автор), Cibele Queiroz da Silva (Автор), Emerson Silami Garcia (Автор)
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• Опубликовано: Escola Nacional de Saúde Pública, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z.
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This study examined the capacity of waist circumference (WC) to identify subjects with overweight (BMI <FONT FACE=Symbol>&sup3;</FONT>25) and obesity (BMI <FONT FACE=Symbol>&sup3;</FONT>30), in agreement with internationally recommended levels of action. Data were obt...