Conicity index as a predictor of blood pressure levels, insulin and triglyceride concentrations of healthy premenopausal women

Hormone and Metabolic Research

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 32-34

  Mantzoros, C S ^a   Evagelopoulou, Kathrine ^a,c   Georgiadis, E I ^a   Katsilambros, N ^b  

^a 401 Military Hospital   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

^c NONE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Blood Pressure; Conicity Index; Insulin; Lipids; Obesity; Waist to Hip Ratio

Indexed keywords

INSULIN; LIPID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY BUILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPERTENSION; LIPID METABOLISM; NORMAL HUMAN; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030033090     PISSN: 00185043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2007-979126     Document Type: Article

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