Does endothelial dysfunction correlate better with waist-to-hip ratio than with body mass index or waist circumference among obese patients?

Clinics

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 53-58

  Villela, Nivaldo Ribeiro ^a   Kraemer Aguiar, Luiz Guilherme ^a   Bahia, Luciana ^a   Bottino, Daniel ^a   Bouskela, Eliete ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Body Mass Index; Endothelium; Vascular Reactivity; Waist Circumference; Waist to Hip Ratio

Indexed keywords

EID: 33645856181     PISSN: 18075932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s1807-59322006000100010     Document Type: Article

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