Associations of fat distribution and obesity with hypertension in a Bi-ethnic population: The ARIC study

Obesity Research

Volumn 8, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 516-524

  Harris, Margaret M ^a,c   Stevens, June ^a   Thomas, Neal ^a   Schreiner, Pam ^b   Folsom, Aaron R ^b  

^a IL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

African american; Anthropometry; ARIC; Fat patterning

Indexed keywords

PIERINAE;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY CONSTITUTION; BODY MASS; CAUCASIAN; CLINICAL TRIAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; NEGRO; OBESITY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREVALENCE; RISK; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY CONSTITUTION; BODY MASS INDEX; COHORT STUDIES; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MARYLAND; MIDDLE AGED; MINNESOTA; MISSISSIPPI; NORTH CAROLINA; OBESITY; ODDS RATIO; PREVALENCE; SEX FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0034302802     PISSN: 10717323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/oby.2000.64     Document Type: Article

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