Obesity indices in relation to cardiovascular disease risk factors among young adult female students

British Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 99, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 918-924

  Farajian, Paul ^a   Renti, Efthimia ^a   Manios, Yannis ^a  

^a HAROKOPIO UNIVERSITY   (Greece)

Author keywords

Adiposity; Central obesity; Screening tools

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY FAT; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; FEMALE; GREECE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INTRAABDOMINAL FAT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SCREENING TEST; STUDENT; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; WAIST HIP RATIO;

ABSORPTIOMETRY, PHOTON; ADULT; AREA UNDER CURVE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY FAT DISTRIBUTION; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRA-ABDOMINAL FAT; OBESITY; RISK FACTORS; STUDENTS; WAIST-HIP RATIO;

EID: 40449141671     PISSN: 00071145     EISSN: 14752662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S000711450783741X     Document Type: Article

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