Waist circumference predicts metabolic cardiovascular risk in postmenopausal Chinese women

Menopause

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 73-80

  Hwu, Chii Min ^a,b   Fuh, Jong Ling ^a,b   Hsiao, Chin Fu ^c   Wang, Shuu Jiun ^a,b   Lu, Shiang Ru ^a,b   Wei, Mei Chih ^a   Kao, Wei Yi ^a   Hsiao, Li Chuan ^a   Ho, Low Tone ^a,b  

^a TAIPEI VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTES   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Chinese; Insulin resistance; Menopause; Metabolic cardiovascular risk; Waist circumference

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; INSULIN;

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHINESE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; INSULIN BLOOD LEVEL; INSULIN RESISTANCE; INSULIN SENSITIVITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; METABOLISM; OBESITY; ORAL GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; POSTMENOPAUSE; ABDOMEN; ADIPOSE TISSUE; ASIAN; BODY COMPOSITION; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHINA; COHORT ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EVALUATION; GENETICS; GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; RISK FACTOR; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ABDOMEN; ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY MASS INDEX; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CHINA; COHORT STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; HUMANS; INSULIN RESISTANCE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; POSTMENOPAUSE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RISK FACTORS; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 0037845014     PISSN: 10723714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00042192-200310010-00012     Document Type: Article

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