Conicity: A new index of body fat distri
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William H. Mueller; Janet C. Meininger; Patricia Liehr; Wenyaw Chan; P. Sim Chan
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Article
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1996
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John Wiley and Sons
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English
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"Conicity" (C) is an index of body fat distribution which expresses an individuals waist circumference relative to the circumference of a cylinder generated with that persons weight and height assuming a constant for body density (Valdez [1991] J. Clin. Epidemiol. 44:955-956). The more central a per