Waist and hip circumferences have independent and opposite effects on cardiovascular disease risk factors: The Quebec Family Study

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 74, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 315-321

  Seidell, Jacob C ^a   Pérusse, Louis ^b   Després, Jean Pierre ^b   Bouchard, Claude ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Blood pressure; Body mass index; Cardiovascular disease risk factors; Cholesterol; Distribution; Fat; Hip circumference; Insulin; Quebec Family Study; Waist circumference; Waist to hip ratio

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; GLUCOSE; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; INSULIN; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADULT; AGED; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY BUILD; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY DISTRIBUTION; BODY FAT; BODY MASS; BODY SIZE; CANADA; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; DIET RESTRICTION; FEMALE; HIP CIRCUMFERENCE; HUMAN; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; WAIST HIP RATIO;

EID: 0034878336     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ajcn/74.3.315     Document Type: Article

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