Waist-to-height ratio may be an alternative tool to the body mass index for identifying Colombian adolescents with cardiometabolic risk factors

ABSTRACT: there is limited information about the usefulness of the waist-to-height ratio (WHtR) to identify Colombian adolescents with cardiometabolic risk factors (CRF). Objective: to compare the utility of WHtR, body mass index (BMI), and waist circumference (WC) to identify adolescents with CRF....

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Autores:

Aristizábal Rivera, Juan Carlos
Estrada Restrepo, Alejandro
Barona Acevedo, María Jacqueline

Tipo de recurso:

Article of investigation

Fecha de publicación:

2019

Institución:

Universidad de Antioquia

Repositorio:

Repositorio UdeA

Idioma:

eng

OAI Identifier:

oai:bibliotecadigital.udea.edu.co:10495/12034

Acceso en línea:

http://hdl.handle.net/10495/12034

Palabra clave:

Youth
Jóvenes
Obesity
Obesidad
Abdominal obesity
Obesidad abdominal
Anthropometric index
Índice antropométrico
Nutritional screening
Tamizaje nutricional
Cardiovascular risk factors
Factores de riesgo cardiovascular

Rights

openAccess

License

https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.5/co/