Waist circumference predicts cardiometabolic and global Framingham risk among women screened during national woman's heart day

Journal of Women's Health

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 24-34

  Mosca, Lori ^a   Edelman, Dana ^b   Mochari, Heidi ^a   Christian, Allison H ^a   Paultre, Furcy ^a   Pollin, Irene ^b  

^a NewYork Presbyterian Hospital   (United States)

^b Sister to Sister: Everyone Has a Heart Foundation   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; GLUCOSE; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL;

ADULT; AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEPRESSION; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIET RESTRICTION; DYSLIPIDEMIA; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GLUCOSE INTOLERANCE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MASS SCREENING; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SELF REPORT; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMICS; STRESS; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BLOOD GLUCOSE; BODY CONSTITUTION; BODY MASS INDEX; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CORONARY DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; HYPERLIPIDEMIAS; HYPERTENSION; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNITED STATES; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 32044450579     PISSN: 15409996     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/jwh.2006.15.24     Document Type: Article

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