Socioeconomic status in relation to obesity and abdominal obesity in Korean adults: A focus on sex differences

Obesity

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 909-919

  Yoon, Yeong Sook ^a   Oh, Sang Woo ^a   Park, Hye Soon ^b  

^a Inje University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b University of Ulsan College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

BMI; Education; Income; Socioeconomic status; Waist circumference

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL FAT; ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCOME; KOREA; MALE; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL CLASS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; WAIST HIP RATIO;

ABDOMINAL FAT; ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BODY MASS INDEX; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCOME; KOREA; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL CLASS; WAIST-HIP RATIO;

EID: 33846887626     PISSN: 19307381     EISSN: 1930739X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/oby.2006.105     Document Type: Article

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