A population-based comparison of BMI percentiles and waist-to-height ratio for identifying cardiovascular risk in youth

Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 146, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 482-488

  Kahn, Henry S ^a,b   Imperatore, Giuseppina ^a   Cheng, Yiling J ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR CHRONIC DISEASE PREVENTION AND HEALTH PROMOTION   (United States)

^b CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHILD; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET RESTRICTION; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; GENDER; HEALTH SURVEY; HEART RATE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUTRITION; OBESITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; POPULATION SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SHORT STATURE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

EID: 16344384543     PISSN: 00223476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2004.12.028     Document Type: Article

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