Ethnic differences in the relationships between obesity and glucose-metabolic abnormalities: A cross-sectional population-based study

International Journal of Obesity

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 656-667

  Razak, F ^a   Anand, S ^a,e   Vuksan, V ^b   Davis, B ^c   Jacobs, R ^c   Teo, K K ^d   Yusuf, S ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c Six Nations Health Services   (Canada)

^d MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^e HAMILTON GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Body mass index; Cardiovascular disease; Diabetes; Ethnicity; Waist circumference; Waist to hip ratio

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; GLUCOSE; HEMOGLOBIN A1C; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL;

ABORIGINE; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CLASSIFICATION; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DIET RESTRICTION; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; GENDER; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GLUCOSE METABOLISM; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METABOLIC DISORDER; OBESITY; POPULATION RISK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; VISCERAL OBESITY; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

ADULT; AGED; ASIA, SOUTHEASTERN; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BLOOD GLUCOSE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS INDEX; CANADA; CHINA; CHOLESTEROL; CHOLESTEROL, HDL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EUROPE; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBIN A, GLYCOSYLATED; HUMANS; INDIANS, NORTH AMERICAN; INSULIN RESISTANCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; REFERENCE STANDARDS; SYSTOLE;

EID: 20044394251     PISSN: 03070565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ijo.0802937     Document Type: Article

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