New international measuring stick for defining obesity in non-Europeans

Circulation

Volumn 115, Issue 16, 2007, Pages 2089-2090

  Samaha, Frederick F ^a,b  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Diabetes mellitus; Editorials; Epidemiology; Myocardial infarction; Obesity

Indexed keywords

ABORIGINE; ASIAN; ASIAN AMERICAN; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHINESE; DIABETES MELLITUS; EDITORIAL; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; EUROPE; GLUCOSE METABOLISM; HEART INFARCTION; HEREDITY; HUMAN; LIPID METABOLISM; METABOLIC DISORDER; NUTRITION; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; AMERICAN NATIVE CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BODY MASS INDEX; CANADA; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; ETHNIC GROUPS; HUMANS; LIPID METABOLISM; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; REFERENCE VALUES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 34247503152     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.107.696260     Document Type: Editorial

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