Correlation between body mass index and others risk factors for cardiovascular disease in women compared with men

Monaldi Archives for Chest Disease

Volumn 60, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 295-300

  Capuano, Vincenzo ^a,c   Bambacaro, Antonella ^b   D'Arminio, Teodora ^b   Vecchio, Giuseppe ^a   Cappuccio, Loredana ^a  

^a Division of Anesthesiology   (Italy)

^b Centro Campano Ricerche   (Italy)

^c NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular risk factors; Obesity; Women

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C3; CREATININE; FIBRINOGEN; GLUCOSE; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; INSULIN; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; URIC ACID;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DATA ANALYSIS; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; FIBRINOGEN BLOOD LEVEL; FOLLOW UP; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERTENSION; HYPERTRIGLYCERIDEMIA; INSULINEMIA; INTERVIEW; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METABOLIC DISORDER; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; RISK REDUCTION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING HABIT; SPORT; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL; URIC ACID BLOOD LEVEL; VENOUS BLOOD; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; BLOOD GLUCOSE; BODY MASS INDEX; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CHOLESTEROL; CREATININE; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 1642566555     PISSN: 11220643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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