Association between menopause status and central adiposity measured at different cutoffs of waist circumference and waist-to-hip ratio

Menopause

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 280-285

  Donato, Giovana B ^a,b   Fuchs, Sandra C ^a   Oppermann, Karen ^a,b   Bastos, Carlos ^a,b   Spritzer, Poli Mara ^a,c  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PASSO FUNDO   (Brazil)

^c HOSPITAL DE CLÍNICAS DE PORTO ALEGRE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Body mass index; Central obesity; Menopause status; Postmenopause; Waist circumference; Waist to hip ratio

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL FAT; ADIPOSITY; BODY MASS INDEX; BRAZIL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MENOPAUSE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OBESITY; PERIMENOPAUSE; POSTMENOPAUSE; PREMENOPAUSE; RISK FACTORS; WAIST-HIP RATIO;

EID: 33646789164     PISSN: 10723714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.gme.0000177907.32634.ae     Document Type: Article

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