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Body composition indices and predicted cardiovascular disease risk profile among urban dwellers in Malaysia

Su TT 1 , Amiri M 2 , Mohd Hairi F 1 , Thangiah N 1 , Dahlui M 1 , Majid HA 1

Affiliations 

  • 1 Centre for Population Health (CePH), Department of Social and Preventive Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, 50603 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
  • 2 Department of Development Studies, Faculty of Economics and Administration, University of Malaya, 50603 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Biomed Res Int, 2015;2015:174821.
PMID: 25710002 DOI: 10.1155/2015/174821

Abstract

This study aims to compare various body composition indices and their association with a predicted cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk profile in an urban population in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

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