Is waist to height ratio a better and more practical measure of obesity to assess cardiovascular or diabetes risk in Indians?

Journal of Association of Physicians of India

Volumn 56, Issue MAR, 2008, Pages 202-203

  Joshi, P P ^a  

^a GOVERNMENT MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INDIA; LETTER; OBESITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RISK ASSESSMENT; WAIST HIP RATIO;

ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY MASS INDEX; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; DIABETES MELLITUS; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; INDIA; OBESITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; WAIST-HIP RATIO;

EID: 41649111879     PISSN: 00045772     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Letter

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