Prevalence of obesity and its association with cardiovascular disease risk factors in adolescent girls from a college in Central Taiwan

Kaohsiung Journal of Medical Sciences

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 144-151

  Lu, John Jenn Yenn ^a,b,e   Jiang, Donald Dah Shyong ^c   Chou, Shieu Ming ^a   Hor, Chang Bor ^d   Lay, Jong Ding ^a   Wang, Hsiang Ling ^a  

^a National Taichung Nursing College   (Taiwan)

^b TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c Centers for Disease Control   (Taiwan)

^d Taichung Hospital   (Taiwan)

^e ChinaMedicalUniversity   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Adolescent; Cardiovascular disease; Female; Obesity; Overweight

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; URIC ACID;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COLLEGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DIETARY INTAKE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HEMODYNAMIC STRESS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TAIWAN;

EID: 42949150066     PISSN: 1607551X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1607-551X(08)70142-6     Document Type: Article

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