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Waist circumference vs body mass index in association with cardiorespiratory fitness in healthy men and women: a cross sectional analysis of 403 subjects

Shiri Sherf Dagan¹, Shlomo Segev², Ilya Novikov³ and Rachel Dankner^1,⁴^*

¹ Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, School of Public Health, Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel

² The Institute for Medical Screening, Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer, Israel

³ Unit for Biostatistics, The Gertner Institute, Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer, Israel

⁴ Unit for Cardiovascular Epidemiology, The Gertner Institute, Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer, Israel

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Nutrition Journal 2013, 12:12 doi:10.1186/1475-2891-12-12

Published: 15 January 2013