Abdominal obesity has the highest impact on metabolic profile in an overweight African population

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Abdominal obesity has the highest impact on metabolic profile in an overweight African population. / Handlos, Line Neerup; Witte, Daniel R; Mwaniki, David L; Boit, Michael K; Kilonzo, Beatrice; Friis, Henrik; Hansen, Andreas W; Borch-Johnsen, Knut; Tetens, Inge; Christensen, Dirk Lund.

In: Annals of Human Biology, Vol. 39, No. 6, 2012, p. 530-533.

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Handlos, LN, Witte, DR, Mwaniki, DL, Boit, MK, Kilonzo, B, Friis, H, Hansen, AW, Borch-Johnsen, K, Tetens, I & Christensen, DL 2012, 'Abdominal obesity has the highest impact on metabolic profile in an overweight African population', Annals of Human Biology, vol. 39, no. 6, pp. 530-533. https://doi.org/10.3109/03014460.2012.720279

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Handlos, L. N., Witte, D. R., Mwaniki, D. L., Boit, M. K., Kilonzo, B., Friis, H., Hansen, A. W., Borch-Johnsen, K., Tetens, I., & Christensen, D. L. (2012). Abdominal obesity has the highest impact on metabolic profile in an overweight African population. Annals of Human Biology, 39(6), 530-533. https://doi.org/10.3109/03014460.2012.720279

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Handlos LN, Witte DR, Mwaniki DL, Boit MK, Kilonzo B, Friis H et al. Abdominal obesity has the highest impact on metabolic profile in an overweight African population. Annals of Human Biology. 2012;39(6):530-533. https://doi.org/10.3109/03014460.2012.720279

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Handlos, Line Neerup ; Witte, Daniel R ; Mwaniki, David L ; Boit, Michael K ; Kilonzo, Beatrice ; Friis, Henrik ; Hansen, Andreas W ; Borch-Johnsen, Knut ; Tetens, Inge ; Christensen, Dirk Lund. / Abdominal obesity has the highest impact on metabolic profile in an overweight African population. In: Annals of Human Biology. 2012 ; Vol. 39, No. 6. pp. 530-533.

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AU - Mwaniki, David L

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AU - Kilonzo, Beatrice

AU - Friis, Henrik

AU - Hansen, Andreas W

AU - Borch-Johnsen, Knut

AU - Tetens, Inge

AU - Christensen, Dirk Lund

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