Obesity and cardiovascular risk factors in Hong Kong Chinese

Obesity Reviews

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 173-182

  Lee, Z S K ^a   Critchley, J A J H ^a   Ko, G T C ^b   Anderson, P J ^a   Thomas, G N ^a   Young, R P ^a   Chan, T Y K ^a   Cockram, C S ^a   Tomlinson, B ^a   Chan, J C N ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b ALICE HO MIU LING NETHERSOLE HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Albuminuria; BMI; Chinese; Dyslipidaemia; Hypertension; Morbidity; Obesity; Odds ratios; Type 2 diabetes mellitus; Waist circumference

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHINESE; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEALTH HAZARD; HONG KONG; HUMAN; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PROTEIN URINE LEVEL; ADOLESCENT; ALBUMINURIA; ANTHROPOMETRY; ASIAN; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; GENETICS; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; HYPERTENSION; MIDDLE AGED; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; SEX RATIO;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALBUMINURIA; ANTHROPOMETRY; BLOOD GLUCOSE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIABETES MELLITUS, NON-INSULIN-DEPENDENT; FEMALE; HONG KONG; HUMAN; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; MONGOLOID RACE; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; HUMANS; HYPERLIPIDEMIAS; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 0035990652     PISSN: 14677881     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1467-789X.2002.00066.x     Document Type: Article

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