Waist circumference versus body mass index in risk prediction of coronary heart disease: Comparing apples and oranges [3]

Journal of Internal Medicine

Volumn 255, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 690-691

  Cheng, T O ^a  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; FATTY ACID; VASOACTIVE INTESTINAL POLYPEPTIDE;

ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LETTER; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; METABOLISM; OBESITY; PATHOGENESIS; POSTMENOPAUSE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

BODY CONSTITUTION; BODY MASS INDEX; CORONARY DISEASE; HUMANS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 2542512302     PISSN: 09546820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2796.2004.01329.x     Document Type: Letter

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