Central obesity and coronary risk factors

Journal of The Royal Society for the Promotion of Health

Volumn 124, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 86-90

  Ghosh, Arnab ^a   Bose, Kaushik ^b   Chakravarti, Shila ^a   Das Chaudhuri, Asit Baran ^a   Chattopadhyay, Jayanti ^c   Dasgupta, Gautam ^c   Sengupta, Sivaji ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALCUTTA   (India)

^b VIDYASAGAR UNIVERSITY   (India)

^c BR Singh Hosp   (India)

Author keywords

Bengalees; Central obesity; Metabolic variables

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; GLUCOSE; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; VERY LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY RISK; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INDIA; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METABOLIC PARAMETERS; OBESITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREVALENCE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STUDENT T TEST; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY CONSTITUTION; BODY MASS INDEX; CHOLESTEROL; CORONARY DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HINDUISM; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 1842506367     PISSN: 14664240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/146642400412400213     Document Type: Article

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