Generalised and abdominal obesity and risk of diabetes, hypertension and hypertension-diabetes co-morbidity in England

Public Health Nutrition

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 521-527

  Hirani, Vasant ^a   Zaninotto, Paola ^a   Primatesta, Paola ^a  

^a ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Diabetes; Hypertension; Hypertension diabetes co morbidity; Obesity; Population survey; Trends

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL OBESITY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIABETIC HYPERTENSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

ABDOMINAL FAT; ADULT; BODY MASS INDEX; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; WAIST-HIP RATIO;

EID: 42149088234     PISSN: 13689800     EISSN: 14752727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1368980007000845     Document Type: Article

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