Lauria, Márcio WeissheimerMoreira, Lívia Maria PinheiroCoelho, George Luiz Lins MachadoNascimento Neto, Raimundo Marques doSoares, Maria Marta SarquisRamos, Adauto Versiani2017-03-292017-03-292013LAURIA, M. W. et al. Ability of body mass index to predict abnormal waist circumference: receiving operating characteristics analysis. Diabetology & Metabolic Syndrome, v. 5, p. 74-74, 2013. Disponível em: <https://dmsjournal.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/1758-5996-5-74>. Acesso em: 29 jan. 20171758-5996http://www.repositorio.ufop.br/handle/123456789/7477Body mass index (BMI) and waist circumference (WC) are the most used anthropometric measures to identify obesity. While BMI is considered to be a simple and accurate estimate of general adiposity, WC is an alternative surrogate measure of visceral obesity. However, WC is subject to significant inter-examiner variation. The aim of the present study was to correlate BMI and WC measures in a group of Brazilian adults to determine the most accurate BMI values for predicting abnormal WC.en-USabertoBody mass indexWaist circumferenceObesityArtigo publicado em periodicoThis is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. Fonte: o próprio artigo.https://doi.org/10.1186/1758-5996-5-74