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Central obesity, not BMI explains cardio-metabolic risks among university employees, Ethiopia – a cross-sectional study

2019-07-03

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<title>Abstract</title> <p>Background: Evidence suggests that the middle and low-income countries such as Ethiopia are facing the growing epidemic of both communicable and non-communicable diseases creating burden on the healthcare system. The increasing prevalence is attributed to sedentarism, lifestyle changes and the presence of other cardio-metabolic risk factors. Therefore this study was designed to assess t...

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7225d5a5-bb83-536d-b749-33f786e83ca4
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10.21203/rs.2.10882/v1
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