Obesity, abdominal obesity, and clustering of cardiovascular risk factors in South Korea

Asia Pacific Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 411-418

  Hye, Soon Park ^a,e   Yeong, Sook Yun ^b   Jung, Yul Park ^c   Young, Seol Kim ^d   Joong, Myung Choi ^d  

^a University of Ulsan   (South Korea)

^b Inje University   (South Korea)

^c Korea University   (South Korea)

^d Kyung Hee University   (South Korea)

^e University of Ulsan College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Abdominal obesity; BMI; Clustering; CVD risk factors; Korea; Obesity; Waist circumference

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; LIPID;

ABDOMEN; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HIP; HUMAN; MALE; MEASUREMENT; OBESITY; PATIENT SELECTION; POPULATION; PREVALENCE; PROBABILITY; RISK; SOUTH KOREA;

ABDOMEN; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BLOOD GLUCOSE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS INDEX; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CHOLESTEROL, HDL; CHOLESTEROL, LDL; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DYSLIPIDEMIAS; FASTING; FEMALE; HUMANS; KOREA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; TRIGLYCERIDES; WAIST-HIP RATIO;

EID: 3042769294     PISSN: 09647058     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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