Hip circumference and cardiovascular morbidity and mortality in men and women

Obesity Research

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 482-487

  Heitmann, Berit L ^a,b,e   Frederiksen, Peder ^a   Lissner, Lauren ^c,d  

^a DEPARTMENT OF EPIDEMIOLOGY RESEARCH   (Denmark)

^b GLOSTRUP UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^d Nordic School of Health   (Sweden)

^e The Capital Region   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular disease; Coronary heart disease; Epidemiology; Fat distribution; Hip circumference

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY CONSTITUTION; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DENMARK; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADULT; AGED; ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY CONSTITUTION; BODY MASS INDEX; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CORONARY DISEASE; DENMARK; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORBIDITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 3042673407     PISSN: 10717323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/oby.2004.54     Document Type: Article

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