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Abate N, Garg A, Peshock RM, Stray-Gundersen J, Adams-Huet B, Grundy SM.

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Relationship of metabolic variables to abdominal adiposity measured by different anthropometric measurements and dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry in obese middle-aged women.

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