Waist circumference and waist-to-hip ratio in Turkish adults: Interrelation with other risk factors and association with cardiovascular disease

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 43-50

  Onat, Altan ^a   Sansoy, Vedat ^b   Uysal, Ömer ^c  

^a Turkish Society of Cardiology   (Turkey)

^b ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Blood pressure; Coronary risk; Epidemiology; Obesity; Plasma lipids; Waist circumference; Waist to hip ratio

Indexed keywords

TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DYSLIPIDEMIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INSULIN RESISTANCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL;

ABDOMEN; AGED; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY CONSTITUTION; BODY MASS INDEX; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING; TURKEY;

EID: 0033168831     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-5273(99)00049-2     Document Type: Article

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