A sibling-pair analysis of fasting lipids and anthropometric measurements and their relationship to hypertension

Clinical and Experimental Hypertension

Volumn 21, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 1161-1176

  Thomas, G Neil ^b   Young, Robert P ^b   Tomlinson, Brian ^b   Anderson, Patricia J ^b   Kam Sang, Woo ^a   Sanderson, John E ^a   Critchley, Julian Ajh ^b  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Anthropometry; BMI; Body fat distribution; Chinese; Hypertension; Lipid; Sibling pair; Skin fold thickness

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LIPID; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY FAT; BODY MASS; CHINESE; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LIPOPROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; OBESITY; RISK FACTOR; SIBLING; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 0032875495     PISSN: 10641963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/10641969909052195     Document Type: Article

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