Measures of obesity and metabolic syndrome in Indian Americans in northern California

Ethnicity and Disease

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 331-337

  Misra, Kiran B ^a   Endemann, Sarah W ^a   Ayer, Mandeep ^b  

^a SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Asian Indians; Body mass index; Indian Americans; Metabolic syndrome; Obesity; Waist circumference; Waist hip ratio

Indexed keywords

HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADULT; AMERICAN INDIAN; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; NORMAL HUMAN; OBESITY; ORAL GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; RISK FACTOR; UNITED STATES; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; WAIST HIP RATIO;

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; CALIFORNIA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY;

EID: 34250748960     PISSN: 1049510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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