Assessing Truncal Obesity in Predicting Cardiometabolic Risk in Children: Clinical Measures versus Dual ‐energy X‐ray Absorptiometry

ConclusionWHtR is an accurate measure of truncal obesity. WHtR showed stronger associations to measures of insulin resistance and truncal obesity than WHR.This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.

Source: Acta Paediatrica - December 1, 2017 Category: Pediatrics Authors: Vincent J. Palmieri, Melissa H. Henshaw, Janet Carter, Shahryar M. Chowdhury Tags: Regular Article Source Type: research