Which of the Following Is a Characteristic of Excess Intra-Abdominal

question 9

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is a characteristic of excess intra-abdominal fat?

• A)It is more common in women than men
• B)It has been proven to be a poorer indicator of degenerative diseases than the BMI
• C)Some (but not all)research suggests that it is more harmful than fat in other locations
• D)It is associated with increased risk for heart disease and diabetes in men but not in women

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Definitions:

Significance Level

The probability of rejecting the null hypothesis in a statistical test when it is actually true, commonly denoted as alpha.

Statistically Significant

An observation or effect sufficiently large or important to be unlikely to have occurred by chance, as per a predefined threshold in hypothesis testing.

Confidence Interval

An aggregation of values, hailing from sample statistics, anticipated to envelop the value of an unseen population parameter.

Sample Mean

The average value of a sample set, calculated by summing all observations and dividing by the number of observations.