[A new cut-off point for waist circumference in Chile: a pending task]

Rev Med Chil. 2020 Sep;148(9):1379-1380. doi: 10.4067/S0034-98872020000901379.

[Article in Spanish]

Authors

Ana María Leiva-Ordoñez¹, María Adela Martínez-Sanguinetti², Carlos Celis-Morales³, Alonso Pizarro⁴, Fanny Petermann-Rocha³

Affiliations

¹ Instituto de Anatomía, Histología y Patología, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Austral de Chile, Valdivia, Chile.
² Instituto de Farmacia, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Austral de Chile, Valdivia, Chile.
³ BHF Glasgow Cardiovascular Research Centre, Institute of Cardiovascular and Medical Sciences, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, United Kingdom.
⁴ Glasgow, Glasgow, United Kingdom.

PMID: 33399721
DOI: 10.4067/S0034-98872020000901379

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Publication types

Letter
Comment

MeSH terms

Body Mass Index
Chile
Humans
Metabolic Syndrome*
Risk Factors
Waist Circumference