Body composition assessment and coronary heart disease risk factors among college students of three ethnic groups

Journal of the National Medical Association

Volumn 97, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 784-791

  Koutoubi, Samer ^a   Huffman, Fatma G ^b  

^a BASTYR UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Body mass index; College students; Coronary heart disease; Ethnicity; Nutrition

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY FAT; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WATER; BODY WEIGHT; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CAUCASIAN; COLLEGE STUDENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CULTURAL FACTOR; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HISPANIC; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LEAN BODY WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEGRO; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; CORONARY DISEASE; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; ETHNIC GROUPS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; MALE; OBESITY; RISK FACTORS; STUDENTS;

EID: 20344380701     PISSN: 00279684     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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