Cardiovascular disease risk factors in 5-year-old urban South African children - The Birth to Ten study

South African Medical Journal

Volumn 90, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 719-726

  Steyn, Krisela ^a   De Wet, Thea ^b   Richter, Linda ^c   Cameron, Noel ^d   Levitt, Naomi S ^e   Morrell, Christopher ^f  

^a SOUTH AFRICAN MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND MEDICAL SCHOOL   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^d LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^f LOYOLA UNIVERSITY MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; LIPID; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; TOBACCO SMOKE;

ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BLOOD SAMPLING; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHILD HEALTH; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; URBAN POPULATION;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERLIPIDEMIAS; HYPERTENSION; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SOUTH AFRICA; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 0033866054     PISSN: 02569574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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