Waist circumference, waist-hip ratio and waist-height ratio percentiles and central obesity among Pakistani children aged five to twelve years

• Main Authors: Mushtaq Muhammad Umair (Author), Gull Sibgha (Author), Abdullah Hussain Muhammad (Author), Shahid Ubeera (Author), Shad Mushtaq Ahmad (Author), Akram Javed (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2011-11-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Central obesity has been associated with the risk of cardiovascular and metabolic disease in children and anthropometric indices predictive of central obesity include waist circumference (WC), waist-hip ratio (WHR) and waist-height r...