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Original Research

Diagnostic Accuracy of Body Mass Index (BMI) When Diagnosing Obesity in a Saudi Adult Population in a Primary Care Setting, Cross Sectional, Retrospective Study

Muath Alammar1 Department of Family Medicine, Shaqra University, Shaqra, Saudi ArabiaORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-8743-7253
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Suad Alsoghayer2 Department of Family Medicine & Polyclinics, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre, Riyadh, Saudi ArabiaORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-4303-4978
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Kossay El-Abd2 Department of Family Medicine & Polyclinics, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre, Riyadh, Saudi ArabiaORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-7825-6610
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Abdullah Alkhenizan2 Department of Family Medicine & Polyclinics, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre, Riyadh, Saudi ArabiaCorrespondence[email protected]
Pages 2515-2520 | Published online: 14 Jul 2020

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