Obesity and associated cardiovascular risk factors in Iranian children: A cross-sectional study

Pediatrics International

Volumn 48, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 566-571

  Hamidi, Anahita ^a   Fakhrzadeh, Hossein ^a   Moayyeri, Alireza ^a   Pourebrahim, Rassul ^a   Heshmat, Ramin ^a   Noori, Masoumeh ^a   Rezaeikhah, Yalda ^a   Larijani, Bagher ^a,b  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular risk factors; Childhood obesity; Dyslipidemia; Hypertension; Prevention

Indexed keywords

APOLIPOPROTEIN B; CHOLESTEROL; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DIET RESTRICTION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYSLIPIDEMIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; IRAN; LIPOPROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

BODY MASS INDEX; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CHILD; CHOLESTEROL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; IRAN; LIPOPROTEINS, LDL; MALE; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; RISK FACTORS; SAMPLING STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TRIGLYCERIDES; WAIST-HIP RATIO;

EID: 33751357567     PISSN: 13288067     EISSN: 1442200X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-200X.2006.02273.x     Document Type: Article

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