Association of simple anthropometric measures of obesity with visceral fat and the metabolic syndrome in male Caucasian and Indo‐Asian subjects

Aims  The aims of this study were first, to investigate the relationship between simple anthropometric measures of obesity with visceral fat as assessed by a single slice magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)‐scan in patients attending a hospital clinic. Second, to determine which anthropometric measure best relates to the adverse metabolic profile of the metabolic syndrome.

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