Evaluation of waist circumference to predict general obesity and arterial hypertension in women in Greater Metropolitan Belo Horizonte, Brazil Avaliação da capacidade preditiva da circunferência da cintura para obesidade global e hipertensão arterial em mulheres residentes na Região Metropolitana de Belo Horizonte, Brasil

This study examined the capacity of waist circumference (WC) to identify subjects with overweight (BMI <FONT FACE=Symbol>&sup3;</FONT>25) and obesity (BMI <FONT FACE=Symbol>&sup3;</FONT>30), in agreement with internationally recommended levels of action. Data were obt...

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Main Authors: Gustavo Velásquez-Meléndez, Gilberto Kac, Joaquim Gonçalves Valente, Roberta Tavares, Cibele Queiroz da Silva, Emerson Silami Garcia
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Escola Nacional de Saúde Pública, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz 2002-06-01
Series:Cadernos de Saúde Pública
Subjects:
Hip
Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0102-311X2002000300025