Lipoprotein profiles, not anthropometric measures, correlate with serum lipoprotein(a) values in children: The Taipei children heart study

European Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 5-12

  Chu, Nain Feng ^a,c   Makowski, Liza ^b   Chang, Jin Biou ^a   Wang, Dan Jiang ^a   Liou, Saou Hsing ^a   Shieh, Shyh Ming ^a  

^a TRI SERVICE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c NATIONAL DEFENSE MEDICAL CENTER   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Anthropometric; Lipoprotein(a); Lipoproteins; School children

Indexed keywords

APOLIPOPROTEIN A1; APOLIPOPROTEIN B; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LIPOPROTEIN A; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADOLESCENT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIPOPROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; TAIWAN; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANTHROPOMETRY; APOLIPOPROTEINS; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CHILD; CHOLESTEROL; CHOLESTEROL, HDL; CHOLESTEROL, LDL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIPOPROTEIN(A); LIPOPROTEINS; MALE; RANDOM ALLOCATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; SAMPLING STUDIES; SEX FACTORS; TAIWAN; TRIGLYCERIDES;

EID: 0034108871     PISSN: 03932990     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1007692419117     Document Type: Article

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