High rates of obesity and cardiovascular disease risk factors in lower middle class community in Pakistan: The Metroville Health Study

Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association

Volumn 56, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 267-272

  Dennis, Barbara ^a   Aziz, Kalimuddin ^b   She, Lilin ^a   Faruqui, Azhar M A ^b   Davis, C E ^a   Manolio, Teri A ^c   Burke, Gregory L ^d   Aziz, Salim Ud Din ^e  

^a University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES   (Pakistan)

^c NATIONAL HEART LUNG AND BLOOD INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e JINNAH POSTGRADUATE MEDICAL CENTRE   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; GLUCOSE; HEMOGLOBIN;

ADULT; AGED; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PAKISTAN; RISK FACTOR; RISK REDUCTION; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNDERWEIGHT; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; WAIST HIP RATIO; ADOLESCENT; AGE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; HEALTH; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; MIDDLE AGED; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC RELATIONS; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY MASS INDEX; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; COMMUNITY-INSTITUTIONAL RELATIONS; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERLIPIDEMIAS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH (U.S.); OBESITY; PAKISTAN; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; UNITED STATES; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 34248644849     PISSN: 00309982     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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