Validity of self-measured waist and hip circumferences: results from a community study in Malaysia
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Validity of self-measured waist and hip circumferences: results from a community study in Malaysia
BACKGROUND Measures of central adiposity are better predictors of adverse health events than BMI. Nonetheless, BMI is more widely used in health research. One reason for this may be the limited research supporting the self-measurement of waist and hip circumference. The lack of validity studies is particularly acute in Asia. The main objective was to establish the validity of self-measurement o...
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عنوان ژورنال: Nutrition Journal
سال: 2013
ISSN: 1475-2891
DOI: 10.1186/1475-2891-12-135