Body mass index, waist circumference, and chronic disease risk factors in australian adolescents

Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine

Volumn 162, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 566-573

  Denney Wilson, Elizabeth ^a   Hardy, Louise L ^a   Dobbins, Timothy ^b   Okely, Anthony D ^c   Baur, Louise A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; GLUCOSE; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; INSULIN; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADOLESCENT; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CHRONIC DISEASE; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; FATTY LIVER; FEMALE; GAMMA GLUTAMYL TRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; INSULIN BLOOD LEVEL; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; OBESITY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; AUSTRALIA; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; CHRONIC DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INSULIN; MALE; NUTRITION SURVEYS; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; RISK FACTORS; WAIST-HIP RATIO;

EID: 44649090759     PISSN: 10724710     EISSN: 15383628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archpedi.162.6.566     Document Type: Article

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