Erratum: Waist circumference and body mass index in Chinese children: Cutoff values for predicting cardiovascular risk factors (International Journal of Obesity (2007) 31, (550-558) DOI: 10.1038/sj.ijo.0803452);Waist circumference and body mass index in Chinese children: Cutoff values for predicting cardiovascular risk factors

International Journal of Obesity

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 550-558

  Sung, R Y T ^a,c   Yu, C C W ^b   Choi, K C ^a   McManus, A ^b   Li, A M C ^a   Xu, S L Y ^a   Chan, D ^a   Lo, A F C ^a   Chan, J C N ^a   Fok, T F ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

BMI; Cardiovascular risk factors; Children; Chinese; Hong Kong; Waist circumference

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; INSULIN; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHILD; CHINESE; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; INSULIN BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZATION; ROC CURVE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

EID: 33847305480     PISSN: 03070565     EISSN: 14765497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ijo.0803540     Document Type: Erratum

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