Association of gender and education with blood lipids and fasting glucose levels in a sample of Iranian obese adults

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 120, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 281-283

  Maddah, Mohsen ^a  

^a GUILAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Diabetes; Dyslipidemia; Educational levels; Iran; Obesity

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LIPID; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EDUCATION; FEMALE; GENDER; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; IRAN; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

ADULT; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BLOOD GLUCOSE; BODY MASS INDEX; CHOLESTEROL; CHOLESTEROL, HDL; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; FASTING; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRAN; MALE; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SEX FACTORS; TRIGLYCERIDES;

EID: 34447258329     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2006.07.201     Document Type: Article

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