Distribution and correlates of high waist-hip ratio in adults in selected rural areas in Sto. Tomas, Batangas

The waist-hip ratio (WHR), a simple indicator of abdominal obesity has been found to be closely related with metabolic abnormalities like CVD, stroke, NIDDM and other risk factors to CVD in both cross-sectional and longitudinal studies. Because of the scarcity of information on this anthropometric m...

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Main Author: Alicante-Duante, Charmaine
Format: Thesis
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