Body composition and the apoB/apoA-I ratio in migrant Asian Indians and white Caucasians in Canada

Clinical Science

Volumn 111, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 201-207

  Smith, Jessica ^a,b   Cianflone, Katherine ^b   Al Amri, Maha ^a   Sniderman, Allan ^a  

^a ROYAL VICTORIA HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Apolipoprotein; Body composition; Obesity; South Asian population; Vascular disease risk; Waist to hip ratio

Indexed keywords

APOLIPOPROTEIN A1; APOLIPOPROTEIN B100; CHOLESTEROL; LIPOPROTEIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY HEIGHT; CANADA; CAUCASIAN; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIAN; MALE; MIGRATION; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; VASCULAR DISEASE; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; WAIST HIP RATIO;

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; APOLIPOPROTEIN A-I; APOLIPOPROTEIN B-100; ASIA, SOUTHEASTERN; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY FAT DISTRIBUTION; CANADA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIPOPROTEINS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; WAIST-HIP RATIO;

EID: 33748452701     PISSN: 01435221     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1042/CS20060045     Document Type: Article

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