Body Fat Percent by Bioelectrical Impedance Analysis and Risk of Coronary Artery Disease Among Urban Men with Low Rates of Obesity: The Indian Paradox

Journal of the American College of Nutrition

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 268-273

  Singh, Ram B ^a   Niaz, Mohammad Arif ^a   Beegom, Raheena ^a   Wander, Gurpreet S ^a   Thakur, Amer S ^a   Rissam, Harbansh S ^a  

^a Medical Hospital and Research Centre Moradabad   (India)

Author keywords

Bioelectric impedance; Body fat; Cholesterol; Obesity; Triglycerides

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BODY FAT; BODY MASS; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY RISK; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; BODY MASS INDEX; CORONARY DISEASE; DIABETES COMPLICATIONS; DIABETES MELLITUS; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; HUMANS; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERTENSION; INDIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RISK FACTORS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 0032976417     PISSN: 07315724     EISSN: 15411087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07315724.1999.10718862     Document Type: Article

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