Larger hip circumference independently contributed to reduced metabolic risks in Tehranian adult women

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 108, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 338-345

  Esmaillzadeh, Ahmad ^a   Mirmiran, Parvin ^a   Moeini, Siamak Habibi ^a   Azizi, Fereidoun ^a  

^a SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Anthropometry; Hip circumference; Metabolic risk factors; Women

Indexed keywords

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

ADULT; AGED; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BLOOD SAMPLING; BODY MASS; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERTENSION; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; WAIST HIP RATIO;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HIP; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; IRAN; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ODDS RATIO; RISK FACTORS; WAIST-HIP RATIO;

EID: 33644758245     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2005.05.019     Document Type: Article

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