Waist circumference and not body mass index explains obesity-related health risk

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 79, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 379-384

  Janssen, Ian ^a   Katzmarzyk, Peter T ^a   Ross, Robert ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Abdominal obesity; Dyslipidemia; Hypertension; Metabolic syndrome

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; COMORBIDITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYSLIPIDEMIA; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; OBESITY; PREDICTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAMPLE SIZE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; VARIANCE; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; ABDOMEN; BODY CONSTITUTION; CLASSIFICATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK; RISK FACTOR; UNITED STATES;

ABDOMEN; ADULT; BODY CONSTITUTION; BODY MASS INDEX; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERLIPIDEMIAS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITION SURVEYS; OBESITY; ODDS RATIO; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 1642415851     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ajcn/79.3.379     Document Type: Article

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