Independent association of hip circumference with metabolic profile in different ethnic groups

Obesity Research

Volumn 12, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 1370-1374

  Snijder, Marieke B ^a,b,d   Zimmet, Paul Z ^a   Visser, Marjolein ^b   Dekker, Jacqueline M ^b   Seidell, Jacob C ^b,c   Shaw, Jonathan E ^a  

^a BAKER IDI HEART AND DIABETES INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^b VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^d VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Ethnicity; Fat distribution; Leptin; Metabolic syndrome; Waist and hip circumference

Indexed keywords

HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LEPTIN; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADULT; AFRICA; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY SIZE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNOLOGY; EUROPE; FEDERATED STATES OF MICRONESIA; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; INDIA; MADAGASCAR; MALE; MELANESIA; WAIST HIP RATIO;

ADULT; AFRICA; BLOOD GLUCOSE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY SIZE; CHOLESTEROL, HDL; ETHNIC GROUPS; EUROPE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; LEPTIN; MADAGASCAR; MALE; MELANESIA; MICRONESIA; TRIGLYCERIDES; WAIST-HIP RATIO;

EID: 10844296411     PISSN: 10717323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/oby.2004.173     Document Type: Article

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