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Anthropometric and central obesity indices as predictors of long-term cardiometabolic risk among Saudi young and middle-aged men and women

Mahmoud M. A. Abulmeaty, Ali M. Almajwal, Najwa K. Almadani, Mona S. Aldosari, Ahmed A. Alnajim, Saeed B. Ali, Heba M. Hassan and Hany A. Elkatawy
Saudi Medical Journal April 2017, 38 (4) 372-380; DOI: https://doi.org/10.15537/smj.2017.4.18758

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