Fat-to-Muscle Ratio: A New Anthropometric Indicator as a Screening Tool for Metabolic Syndrome in Young Colombian People

Fat-to-Muscle Ratio: A New Anthropometric Indicator as a Screening Tool for Metabolic Syndrome in Young Colombian People

Fat-to-muscle ratio has been proposed as an alternative approach for assessing body fat. The objective of this study was to explore fat-to-muscle ratio thresholds in metabolic syndrome (MetS) diagnosis; it was hypothesised that the fat-to-muscle ratio is a good predictive indicator of MetS in a larg...

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Main Authors: Robinson Ramírez-Vélez, Hugo Alejandro Carrillo, Jorge Enrique Correa-Bautista, Jacqueline Schmidt-RioValle, Emilio González-Jiménez, María Correa-Rodríguez, Katherine González-Ruíz, Antonio García-Hermoso
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2018-08-01
Series:Nutrients
Subjects:
fat mass
muscle mass
metabolic syndrome
young adults
Latin-Americans
Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/2072-6643/10/8/1027

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http://www.mdpi.com/2072-6643/10/8/1027

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