CRP may be superior to anthropometric markers of obesity [1]

Circulation Journal

Volumn 71, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1332-

  Oda, Eiji ^a  

^a Niigata Prefectural Yoshida Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADIPONECTIN; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; LEPTIN;

ANTHROPOMETRY; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DYSLIPIDEMIA; ENDOCRINE DISEASE; HUMAN; INSULIN RESISTANCE; LETTER; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; OBESITY; PREDICTION; RISK FACTOR; WAIST HIP RATIO;

ANTHROPOMETRY; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; HUMANS; OBESITY;

EID: 34547581186     PISSN: 13469843     EISSN: 13474820     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1253/circj.71.1332     Document Type: Letter

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