Effect of obesity and regional adiposity on the QTc interval in women

International Journal of Obesity

Volumn 21, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 1104-1110

  Park, J J ^a   Swan, P D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Body fat distribution; Electrocardiogram; Exercise; Waist hip ratio

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; BODY FAT; BODY WEIGHT; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEART CYCLE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; OBESITY; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PREMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QT INTERVAL; REST; RR INTERVAL;

EID: 0030779266     PISSN: 03070565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ijo.0800521     Document Type: Article

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