Associations of anthropometric characteristics with blood cholesterol fractions among adults. The Greek EPIC study

European Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 60, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 942-948

  Benetou, V ^a   Bamia, C ^a   Trichopoulos, D ^b   Trichopoulou, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL;

ADULT; AGED; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GREECE; HIP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; RURAL AREA; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; URBAN AREA; VOLUNTEER; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; CHOLESTEROL; CHOLESTEROL, HDL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GREECE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX FACTORS; WAIST-HIP RATIO;

EID: 33746682450     PISSN: 09543007     EISSN: 14765640     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ejcn.1602403     Document Type: Article

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