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Neck circumference may be a valuable tool for screening individuals with obesity: findings from a young Chinese population and a meta-analysis

Crossref DOI link: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-018-5448-z

Published Online: 2018-04-20

Published Print: 2018-12

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Authors

Pei, Xiaoting

Liu, Li

Imam, Mustapha Umar

Lu, Ming

Chen, Yanzi

Sun, Panpan

Guo, Yaxin

Xu, Yiping

Ping, Zhiguang https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8924-0761
Fu, Xiaoli
Funding

Funding for this research was provided by:

National Natural Science Foundation of China (81001280)

National Natural Science Foundation of China (81202277)

National Natural Science Foundation of China (81373096)

Key Research Project for Colleges and Universities in Henan Province (16A330003)
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Article History

Received: 20 November 2017

Accepted: 12 April 2018

First Online: 20 April 2018

Ethics approval and consent to participate

: The protocol for the study was approved by the ethics committee of Zhengzhou University, and written consents were obtained from all the participants.

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