Correlation of dyslipidemia with waist to height ratio, waist circumference, and body mass index in Iranian adults

Asia Pacific Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 248-253

  Chehrei, Ali ^a   Sadrnia, Saeid ^b   Keshteli, Ammar Hassanzadeh ^c   Daneshmand, Mohammad Ali ^d   Rezaei, Jalal ^d  

^a ISFAHAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b ARAK UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c ISFAHAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^d Sina Laboratory   (Iran)

Author keywords

Body mass index; Dyslipidemia; Obesity; Waist circumference; Waist to height ratio

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DYSLIPIDEMIA; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; IRAN; MALE; METABOLISM; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RISK; RISK FACTOR; WAIST HIP RATIO;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; BLOOD GLUCOSE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CHOLESTEROL; CHOLESTEROL, HDL; CHOLESTEROL, LDL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DYSLIPIDEMIAS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRAN; MALE; ODDS RATIO; RISK FACTORS; TRIGLYCERIDES; WAIST-HIP RATIO;

EID: 34248579861     PISSN: 09647058     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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