Waist circumference as a screening tool for cardiovascular risk factors: Evaluation of receiver operating characteristics (ROC)

Obesity Research

Volumn 4, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 533-547

  Han, Thong S ^a   Van Leer, Edith M ^b   Seidell, Jacob C ^b   Lean, Michael E J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Fat distribution; Health; Obesity; Weight management

Indexed keywords

HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BODY CONSTITUTION; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MASS SCREENING; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; RISK FACTOR; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ADULT; BODY CONSTITUTION; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CHOLESTEROL, HDL; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RISK FACTORS; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0030278351     PISSN: 10717323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.1550-8528.1996.tb00267.x     Document Type: Article

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