Comparison of Relative Waist Circumference between Asian Indian and US Adults
Background. Relative to Europeans, Asian Indians have higher rates of type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease. Whether differences in body composition may underlie these population differences remains unclear. Methods. We compared directly measured anthropometric data from the Chennai Urban Rura...
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| Main Authors: | Harpreet S. Bajaj, Mark A. Pereira, Rajit Mohan Anjana, Raj Deepa, Viswanathan Mohan, Noel T. Mueller, Gundu H. R. Rao, Myron D. Gross |
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Wiley
2014-01-01
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| Series: | Journal of Obesity |
| Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/461956 |
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