Combining Body Mass and Shape Indices in Clinical Practice
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Combining Body Mass and Shape Indices in Clinical Practice.
We present preliminary clinical experience with combined consideration of the commonly used BMI (body mass index) and the newly developed ABSI (a body shape index) using a point of care anthropometric calculator for comparisons of index values and associated relative risks to population normals. In a series of 282 patients, BMI and ABSI were close to being independently distributed, supporting ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Case Reports in Medicine
سال: 2016
ISSN: 1687-9627,1687-9635
DOI: 10.1155/2016/1526175