The relationship between simple anthropometric indices and C-reactive protein: Ethnic and gender differences

Metabolism: Clinical and Experimental

Volumn 52, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 1542-1546

  Lear, Scott A ^a,b   Chen, Morie M ^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

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANTILIPEMIC AGENT; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CHOLESTEROL; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; HORMONE; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADULT; AGE; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHINESE; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DIABETES MELLITUS; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; ETHNOLOGY; EUROPE; FEMALE; HIP; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HUMAN; HYPERGLYCEMIA; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENOPAUSAL SYNDROME; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 0346368387     PISSN: 00260495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.metabol.2003.07.005     Document Type: Article

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