Simple anthropometric indices associated with ischemic heart disease

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology

Volumn 49, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 1017-1024

  Kahn, Henry S ^a,d   Austin, Harland ^b   Williamson, David F ^c   Arensberg, Daniel ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR CHRONIC DISEASE PREVENTION AND HEALTH PROMOTION   (United States)

^d Dept of Fam and Prev Medicine ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Abdomen; Anthropometry; Coronary disease; Epidemiology; Fat distribution; Ischemic heart disease; Obesity; Risk factor; Thigh

Indexed keywords

ABDOMEN; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY SIZE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SUBCUTANEOUS FAT;

EID: 0030245552     PISSN: 08954356     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0895-4356(96)00113-8     Document Type: Article

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