Association of body mass index and abdominal obesity with marital status in adults

Archives of Iranian Medicine

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 274-281

  Janghorbani, Mohsen ^a   Amini, Masoud ^b   Rezvanian, Hasan ^b   Gouya, Mohammad Mehdi ^c   Delavari, Alireza ^c   Alikhani, Siamak ^c   Mahdavi, Alireza ^c  

^a ISFAHAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b ISFAHAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND MEDICAL EDUCATION   (Iran)

Author keywords

Adults; Iran; Marital status; Obesity; Overweight; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL OBESITY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; IRAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PREVALENCE; PROBABILITY; RESIDENTIAL AREA; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BODY MASS INDEX; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRAN; MALE; MARITAL STATUS; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; SAMPLING STUDIES; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 44849100779     PISSN: 10292977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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