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Cardiology
Cardiovascular risk may be mainly associated with waist circumference in Tehranian women
April 10th, 2006
Cardiovascular risk may be mainly associated with waist circumference in Tehranian women. Scientists in Iran conducted a study "to compare the ability of waist circumference (WC), body mass index (BMI), waist-to-hip ratio (WHR) and waist-to-height ratio (WHtR) to predict cardiovascular risk factors in an urban adult population of Tehranian women." They performed a "population-based cross-sectional study" in Tehran, the capital of Iran. "This study was conducted on 5073 women aged 18-74 years, participants of the Tehran Lipid and Glucose Study," explained A. Esmaillzadeh and colleagues of the Shaheed Beheshti University of Medical Sciences....
Source: Diabetes Week (2006-04-10)
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