Association of fruit and vegetable intake with cardiovascular risk factors in urban south Indians

British Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 99, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 398-405

  Radhika, Ganesan ^a   Sudha, Vasudevan ^a   Mohan Sathya, Rangaswamy ^a   Ganesan, Anbazhagan ^a   Mohan, Viswanathan ^a  

^a MADRAS DIABETES RESEARCH FOUNDATION   (India)

Author keywords

Asian Indians; Cardiovascular risk factors; Diabetes; Fruit and vegetables; Non communicable diseases

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; TRACE ELEMENT;

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DYSLIPIDEMIA; EATING HABIT; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; FRUIT VEGETABLE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INDIA; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; ORAL GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

ADULT; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS INDEX; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DIET; ENERGY INTAKE; FOOD HABITS; FRUIT; HUMANS; INDIA; LIPIDS; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; URBAN HEALTH; VEGETABLES;

EID: 38049176812     PISSN: 00071145     EISSN: 14752662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0007114507803965     Document Type: Article

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