Assessment of cardiovascular risk factors among Hungarian University Students in Budapest

Annals of Nutrition and Metabolism

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 103-107

  Antal, Magda ^a,b   Nagy, Katalin ^a   Regöly Mérei, Andrea ^a   Bíró, Lajos ^a   Szabó, Csaba ^a   Rabin, Borsika ^a  

^a SEMMELWEIS UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^b National Institute of Food Hygiene and Nutrition Budapest   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Anthropometrics; Blood pressure; Serum lipids; University students

Indexed keywords

APOLIPOPROTEIN B; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LIPID; LIPOPROTEIN; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL;

ABDOMINAL OBESITY; ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUNGARY; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OBESITY; PILOT STUDY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; UNIVERSITY STUDENT; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY MASS INDEX; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CHOLESTEROL, HDL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIET; FEMALE; HUMANS; HUNGARY; HYPERLIPIDEMIAS; HYPERTENSION; LIPIDS; MALE; NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; OBESITY; PILOT PROJECTS; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 33644644591     PISSN: 02506807     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000090497     Document Type: Article

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