Metabolic risks in individuals with normal body mass index and normal waist circumference

European Journal of Preventive Cardiology

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 200-207

  Hadaegh, Farzad ^a   Esmaillzadeh, Ahmad ^a   Azizi, Fereidoun ^a  

^a SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

anthropometry; body mass index; cardiovascular risk factors; obesity; waist circumference

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BLOOD CHEMISTRY; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METABOLIC DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BLOOD GLUCOSE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS INDEX; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CHOLESTEROL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ODDS RATIO; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESEARCH DESIGN; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; TRIGLYCERIDES; WAIST-HIP RATIO;

EID: 34247505996     PISSN: 20474873     EISSN: 20474881     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.hjr.0000230096.73579.64     Document Type: Article

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