Associations of height, leg length, and lung function with cardiovascular risk factors in the Midspan Family Study

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 141-146

  Gunnell, D ^a,b   Whitley, E ^b   Upton, M N ^c   McConnachie, A ^c   Davey Smith, G ^b   Watt, G C M ^c  

^a Canynge Hall ^*  (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; FIBRINOGEN BLOOD LEVEL; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; LEG LENGTH; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LUNG FUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASS SCREENING; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PHYSICAL CAPACITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCREENING TEST; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS INDEX; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CHOLESTEROL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; LEG; LOGISTIC MODELS; LUNG; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; RISK FACTORS; SCOTLAND; SOCIAL CLASS;

EID: 0037311327     PISSN: 0143005X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jech.57.2.141     Document Type: Article

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