Waist circumference correlates better with body mass index than waist-to-hip ratio in Asian Indians

National Medical Journal of India

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 189-192

  Kurpad, Sunita Simon ^a   Tandon, Himanshu ^a   Srinivasan, K ^a  

^a ST JOHN'S NATIONAL ACADEMY OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT; TRICYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; ASIAN; BIPOLAR DISORDER; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT DISORDER; CAUCASIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL PATIENT; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOSIS; RACE DIFFERENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; WEIGHT GAIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTHROPOMETRY; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BODY MASS INDEX; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY;

EID: 0142186175     PISSN: 0970258X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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