Which method should be used to determine the obesity, in patients with coronary artery disease? (Body mass index, waist circumference or waist-hip ratio)

International Journal of Obesity

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 341-346

  Sonmez K ^a,b   Akcakoyun M ^a   Akcay A ^a   Demir, D ^a   Duran, N E ^a   Gencbay M ^a   Degertekin, M ^a   Turan, F ^a  

^a Kosuyolu Heart Center   (Turkey)

^b Barbaros Mah   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Coronary artery disease

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FEMALE; GENDER; HIP; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; MASS SCREENING; OBESITY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; BODY CONSTITUTION; BODY MASS INDEX; CORONARY DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SMOKING;

EID: 0037351275     PISSN: 03070565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ijo.0802238     Document Type: Article

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