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Does waist circumference uncorrelated with BMI add valuable information?

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  • Gerard Ngueta Population Health and Optimal Health Practices Research Unit, CHU de Québec Research Centre, Québec, Québec, Canada PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Elhadji A Laouan-Sidi Population Health and Optimal Health Practices Research Unit, CHU de Québec Research Centre, Québec, Québec, Canada PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Michel Lucas Population Health and Optimal Health Practices Research Unit, CHU de Québec Research Centre, Québec, Québec, Canada Department of Social and Preventive Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Laval University, Québec, Québec, Canada PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  1. Correspondence to Dr Michel Lucas, Population Health and Optimal Health Practices Research Unit, CHU de Québec Research Centre, 2875 Laurier Blvd., Delta 2 Building, Office 600, Québec, Québec, Canada G1V 2M2; michel.lucas{at}crchuq.ulaval.ca
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Ngueta G, Laouan-Sidi EA, Lucas M
Does waist circumference uncorrelated with BMI add valuable information?
J Epidemiol Community Health 2014;68:849-855.

Publication history

  • Received February 10, 2014
  • Revised May 13, 2014
  • Accepted May 21, 2014
  • First published June 10, 2014.
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April 27, 2016

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