The association of cardiovascular disease risk factors with abdominal obesity in Canada

CMAJ. Canadian Medical Association Journal

Volumn 157, Issue SUPPL. 1, 1997, Pages

  Reeder, Bruce A ^a,f   Senthilselvan, Ambikaipakan ^a   Després, Jean Pierre ^b   Angel, Aubie ^c   Liu, Liyan ^a   Wang, Hiyan ^d   Rabkin, Simon W ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^d NANJING MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^f UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; LIPID; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ABDOMEN; ADULT; AGED; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY FAT; BODY MASS; CANADA; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OBESITY; PROBABILITY; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 0030850893     PISSN: 08203946     EISSN: 14882329     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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