Evaluation of waist circumference to predict cardiovascular risk factors in an overweight Tehranian population: Findings from Tehran lipid and glucose study

International Journal for Vitamin and Nutrition Research

Volumn 75, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 347-356

  Esmaillzadeh, Ahmad ^a   Mirmiran, Parvin ^a   Azizi, Fereidoun ^a  

^a SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular risk factors; Overweight; Predictive value; Sensitivity; Specificity; Waist circumference

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LIPID; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BIOCHEMISTRY; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; EVALUATION RESEARCH; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; IRAN; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PREDICTION; RISK FACTOR; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTHROPOMETRY; BLOOD GLUCOSE; BODY WEIGHTS AND MEASURES; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CHOLESTEROL, HDL; CHOLESTEROL, LDL; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; IRAN; LIPIDS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; RISK FACTORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 31144466305     PISSN: 03009831     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1024/0300-9831.75.5.347     Document Type: Article

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