Value of the sagittal abdominal diameter in coronary heart disease risk assessment: Cohort study in a large, multiethnic population

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 164, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 1150-1159

  Iribarren, Carlos ^a,b   Darbinian, Jeanne A ^a   Lo, Joan C ^a,b,c   Fireman, Bruce H ^a   Go, Alan S ^a,b  

^a DIVISION OF RESEARCH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c SAN FRANCISCO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Abdominal fat; Body mass index; Cohort studies; Coronary disease; Obesity

Indexed keywords

BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; HEALTH RISK; HEALTH SERVICES; HEALTH SURVEY; OBESITY; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ABDOMEN; ABDOMINAL FAT; ADIPOSITY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ASIAN AMERICANS; BODY MASS INDEX; CORONARY DISEASE; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS;

CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33845612360     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: 14766256     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwj341     Document Type: Article

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