Independent and opposite associations of waist and hip circumferences with diabetes, hypertension and dyslipidemia: The AusDiab Study

International Journal of Obesity

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 402-409

  Snijder, M B ^a,b,d   Zimmet, P Z ^a   Visser, M ^b   Dekker, J M ^b   Seidell, J C ^b,c   Shaw, J E ^a  

^a BAKER IDI HEART AND DIABETES INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^b VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^d NONE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Anthropometry; Body composition; Dyslipidemia; Fat distribution; Hypertension; Type II diabetes

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DYSLIPIDEMIA; FEMALE; HIP; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PATIENT SELECTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK; SEX DIFFERENCE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; AGED; AGING; AUSTRALIA; BODY CONSTITUTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERLIPIDEMIAS; HYPERTENSION; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 1542330040     PISSN: 03070565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ijo.0802567     Document Type: Article

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