Surrogate Markers of Visceral Adiposity in Young Adults: Waist Circumference and Body Mass Index Are More Accurate than Waist Hip Ratio, Model of Adipose Distribution and Visceral Adiposity Index

Susana Borruel; José F. Moltó; Macarena Alpañés; Elena Fernández-Durán; Francisco Álvarez-Blasco; Manuel Luque-Ramírez; Héctor F. Escobar-Morreale

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0114112

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Surrogate Markers of Visceral Adiposity in Young Adults: Waist Circumference and Body Mass Index Are More Accurate than Waist Hip Ratio, Model of Adipose Distribution and Visceral Adiposity Index

Susana Borruel,

Affiliations Department of Endocrinology & Nutrition, Universidad de Alcalá & Hospital Universitario Ramón y Cajal & Instituto Ramón y Cajal de Investigación Sanitaria IRYCIS & Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red Diabetes y Enfermedades Metabólicas Asociadas (CIBERDEM), Madrid, Spain, Department of Radiology, Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre, Madrid, Spain
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José F. Moltó,

Affiliations Department of Endocrinology & Nutrition, Universidad de Alcalá & Hospital Universitario Ramón y Cajal & Instituto Ramón y Cajal de Investigación Sanitaria IRYCIS & Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red Diabetes y Enfermedades Metabólicas Asociadas (CIBERDEM), Madrid, Spain, Department of Radiology, Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre, Madrid, Spain
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Macarena Alpañés,

Affiliation Department of Endocrinology & Nutrition, Universidad de Alcalá & Hospital Universitario Ramón y Cajal & Instituto Ramón y Cajal de Investigación Sanitaria IRYCIS & Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red Diabetes y Enfermedades Metabólicas Asociadas (CIBERDEM), Madrid, Spain
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Elena Fernández-Durán,

Affiliation Department of Endocrinology & Nutrition, Universidad de Alcalá & Hospital Universitario Ramón y Cajal & Instituto Ramón y Cajal de Investigación Sanitaria IRYCIS & Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red Diabetes y Enfermedades Metabólicas Asociadas (CIBERDEM), Madrid, Spain
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Francisco Álvarez-Blasco,

Affiliation Department of Endocrinology & Nutrition, Universidad de Alcalá & Hospital Universitario Ramón y Cajal & Instituto Ramón y Cajal de Investigación Sanitaria IRYCIS & Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red Diabetes y Enfermedades Metabólicas Asociadas (CIBERDEM), Madrid, Spain
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Manuel Luque-Ramírez,

Affiliation Department of Endocrinology & Nutrition, Universidad de Alcalá & Hospital Universitario Ramón y Cajal & Instituto Ramón y Cajal de Investigación Sanitaria IRYCIS & Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red Diabetes y Enfermedades Metabólicas Asociadas (CIBERDEM), Madrid, Spain
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Héctor F. Escobar-Morreale

* E-mail: hectorfrancisco.escobar@salud.madrid.org

Affiliation Department of Endocrinology & Nutrition, Universidad de Alcalá & Hospital Universitario Ramón y Cajal & Instituto Ramón y Cajal de Investigación Sanitaria IRYCIS & Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red Diabetes y Enfermedades Metabólicas Asociadas (CIBERDEM), Madrid, Spain
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Surrogate Markers of Visceral Adiposity in Young Adults: Waist Circumference and Body Mass Index Are More Accurate than Waist Hip Ratio, Model of Adipose Distribution and Visceral Adiposity Index

Susana Borruel,
José F. Moltó,
Macarena Alpañés,
Elena Fernández-Durán,
Francisco Álvarez-Blasco,
Manuel Luque-Ramírez,
Héctor F. Escobar-Morreale

Published: December 5, 2014
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0114112

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