Obesity and cardiovascular risk factors in Korean children and adolescents aged 10-18 years from the Korean National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, 1998 and 2001

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 164, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 787-793

  Kim, Hee Man ^a,b   Park, Jong ^c   Kim, Ho Seong ^d   Kim, Duk Hee ^d   Park, Sung Hoon ^a  

^a Division of Health and Hygiene   (South Korea)

^b Management Center for Health Promotion   (South Korea)

^c Chosun University   (South Korea)

^d Yonsei University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Adolescent; Cardiovascular diseases; Child; Korea; Obesity; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

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

ADOLESCENCE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHILD HEALTH; OBESITY; RISK FACTOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHILD NUTRITION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; KOREA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; SCHOOL CHILD; SYSTOLIC HYPERTENSION;

ADOLESCENT; BODY MASS INDEX; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; DYSLIPIDEMIAS; FEMALE; HUMANS; KOREA; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; NUTRITION SURVEYS; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; KOREA;

EID: 33749503371     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: 14766256     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwj251     Document Type: Article

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