A study on body mass index (BMI) and some biochemical parameters of the medicos with family history of diabetes mellitus, hypertension and coronary heart disease

Journal of the Indian Medical Association

Volumn 105, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 370-379

  Bhattacharyya, S ^a   Mukhopadhyay, M ^a,b   Bhattacharyya, I ^a   Lahiri, S K ^a,c   Mitra, P K ^a,d   Dutta, U K ^a,d  

^a R G KAR MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^b Government of West Bengal   (India)

^c BANKURA SAMMILANI MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^d Midnapore Medical College and Hospital   (India)

Author keywords

Biochemical parameters; Body mass index; Coronary heart disease; Correlation coefficient; Family history of diabetes mellitus; Hypertension; Multiple correlation coefficient

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; INSULIN; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CHEMICAL PARAMETERS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INSULIN BLOOD LEVEL; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LIPOPROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL; ADOLESCENT; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GENETICS; HYPOTENSION; INDIA; INFANT; OBESITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BODY MASS INDEX; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; EPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPOTENSION; INDIA; INFANT; MALE; OVERWEIGHT; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 38749083080     PISSN: 00195847     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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