Obesity and associated coronary heart disease risk factors in a population of low-income African-American and white women: The North Carolina WISEWOMAN project

Preventive Medicine

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 1-6

  Nelson, Tracy L ^a,c   Hunt, Kelly J ^a   Rosamond, Wayne D ^a   Ammerman, Alice S ^b   Keyserling, Thomas C ^a   Mokdad, Ali H ^d   Will, Julie C ^d  

^a IL   (United States)

^b University of North Carolina   (United States)

^c Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^d NATIONAL CENTER FOR CHRONIC DISEASE PREVENTION AND HEALTH PROMOTION   (United States)

Author keywords

African American women; Coronary heart disease; High density lipoprotein cholesterol; Obesity; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CAUCASIAN; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY RISK; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERTENSION; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEGRO; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; SMOKING; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

EID: 0036311614     PISSN: 00917435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/pmed.2002.1042     Document Type: Article

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