Modification of the relationship between simple anthropometric indices and risk factors by ethnic background

Metabolism: Clinical and Experimental

Volumn 52, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 1295-1301

  Lear, Scott A ^a,b   Toma, Mustafa ^a,b   Birmingham, C Laird ^a,b   Frohlich, Jiri J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CHOLESTEROL; GLUCOSE; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; INSULIN; LIPID; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; ASIAN; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY SIZE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; ETHNOLOGY; EUROPE; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; INSULIN BLOOD LEVEL; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; POSTMENOPAUSE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; ASIA; BLOOD; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY CONSTITUTION; CANADA; CAUCASIAN; ETHNIC GROUP; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS;

ADULT; ASIA; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BLOOD GLUCOSE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY CONSTITUTION; BODY MASS INDEX; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; CANADA; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; ETHNIC GROUPS; EUROPE; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; INSULIN; LINEAR MODELS; LIPIDS; MALE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 0242332230     PISSN: 00260495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0026-0495(03)00196-3     Document Type: Article

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