Do people with similar waist circumference share similar health risks irrespective of height?

Tohoku Journal of Experimental Medicine

Volumn 188, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 55-60

  Hsieh, Shiun Dong ^a   Yoshinaga, Hideyo ^a  

^a TORANOMON HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Health risks; Height; Waist

Indexed keywords

LIPID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY CONSTITUTION; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; FATTY LIVER; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK; RISK FACTOR; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; SMOKING;

ADULT; BLOOD GLUCOSE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY CONSTITUTION; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS INDEX; CORONARY DISEASE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FATTY LIVER; HUMANS; LIPIDS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; RISK FACTORS; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; SMOKING;

EID: 0033127986     PISSN: 00408727     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1620/tjem.188.55     Document Type: Article

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