A simple valid tool for measuring obesity-related-CHD risk in Sri Lankan adults

Prevention and Control

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 11-19

  Arambepola, Carukshi ^a,b   Fernando, Dulitha ^b   Ekanayake, Ruvan ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLOMBO   (Sri Lanka)

^c NATIONAL HOSPITAL OF SRI LANKA   (Sri Lanka)

Author keywords

BMI; Obesity; Obesity related CHD risk; Optimal risk thresholds; Waist circumference

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION FUNCTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DYSLIPIDEMIA; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LIFESTYLE; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SCREENING TEST; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMICS; SRI LANKA; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

EID: 36448972766     PISSN: 15732088     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.precon.2007.08.002     Document Type: Article

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