Appropriate Body Mass Index and Waist Circumference Cutoffs for Categorization of Overweight and Central Adiposity among Uighur Adults in Xinjiang

Shuo Pan; Zi-Xiang Yu; Yi-Tong Ma; Fen Liu; Yi-Ning Yang; Xiang Ma; Zhen-Yan Fu; Xiao-Mei Li; Xiang Xie; You Chen; Bangdang Chen; Chun-Hui He

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0080185

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Appropriate Body Mass Index and Waist Circumference Cutoffs for Categorization of Overweight and Central Adiposity among Uighur Adults in Xinjiang

Shuo Pan ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Shuo Pan, Zi-Xiang Yu

Affiliations Department of Cardiology, First Affiliated Hospital of Xinjiang Medical University, Urumqi, People’s Republic of China, Xinjiang Key Laboratory of Cardiovascular Disease Research, Urumqi, People’s Republic of China
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Zi-Xiang Yu ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Shuo Pan, Zi-Xiang Yu

Affiliations Department of Cardiology, First Affiliated Hospital of Xinjiang Medical University, Urumqi, People’s Republic of China, Xinjiang Key Laboratory of Cardiovascular Disease Research, Urumqi, People’s Republic of China
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Yi-Tong Ma ,

* E-mail: myt-xj@163.com

Affiliations Department of Cardiology, First Affiliated Hospital of Xinjiang Medical University, Urumqi, People’s Republic of China, Xinjiang Key Laboratory of Cardiovascular Disease Research, Urumqi, People’s Republic of China
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Fen Liu,

Affiliation Xinjiang Key Laboratory of Cardiovascular Disease Research, Urumqi, People’s Republic of China
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Yi-Ning Yang,

Affiliations Department of Cardiology, First Affiliated Hospital of Xinjiang Medical University, Urumqi, People’s Republic of China, Xinjiang Key Laboratory of Cardiovascular Disease Research, Urumqi, People’s Republic of China
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Xiang Ma,

Affiliations Department of Cardiology, First Affiliated Hospital of Xinjiang Medical University, Urumqi, People’s Republic of China, Xinjiang Key Laboratory of Cardiovascular Disease Research, Urumqi, People’s Republic of China
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Zhen-Yan Fu,

Affiliations Department of Cardiology, First Affiliated Hospital of Xinjiang Medical University, Urumqi, People’s Republic of China, Xinjiang Key Laboratory of Cardiovascular Disease Research, Urumqi, People’s Republic of China
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Xiao-Mei Li,

Affiliations Department of Cardiology, First Affiliated Hospital of Xinjiang Medical University, Urumqi, People’s Republic of China, Xinjiang Key Laboratory of Cardiovascular Disease Research, Urumqi, People’s Republic of China
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Xiang Xie,

Affiliations Department of Cardiology, First Affiliated Hospital of Xinjiang Medical University, Urumqi, People’s Republic of China, Xinjiang Key Laboratory of Cardiovascular Disease Research, Urumqi, People’s Republic of China
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You Chen,

Affiliations Department of Cardiology, First Affiliated Hospital of Xinjiang Medical University, Urumqi, People’s Republic of China, Xinjiang Key Laboratory of Cardiovascular Disease Research, Urumqi, People’s Republic of China
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Bangdang Chen,

Affiliation Xinjiang Key Laboratory of Cardiovascular Disease Research, Urumqi, People’s Republic of China
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Chun-Hui He

Affiliations Department of Cardiology, First Affiliated Hospital of Xinjiang Medical University, Urumqi, People’s Republic of China, Xinjiang Key Laboratory of Cardiovascular Disease Research, Urumqi, People’s Republic of China
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Appropriate Body Mass Index and Waist Circumference Cutoffs for Categorization of Overweight and Central Adiposity among Uighur Adults in Xinjiang

Shuo Pan,
Zi-Xiang Yu,
Yi-Tong Ma,
Fen Liu,
Yi-Ning Yang,
Xiang Ma,
Zhen-Yan Fu,
Xiao-Mei Li,
Xiang Xie,
You Chen

Published: November 7, 2013
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0080185

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