Obesity and cardiovascular risk factors in Saudi adult soldiers

Saudi Medical Journal

Volumn 26, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 1260-1268

  Al Qahtani, Dhafer A ^a   Imtiaz, Mohammed L ^a   Shareef, Mohammed M ^a  

^a King Faisal Military Hospital   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH SURVEY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MILITARY MEDICINE; OBESITY; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SAUDI ARABIA; SOLDIER; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

ADULT; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MILITARY PERSONNEL; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SAUDI ARABIA;

EID: 24744451229     PISSN: 03795284     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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