Anthropometric correlates of metabolic syndrome components in a diverse sample of overweight/obese women

Ethnicity and Disease

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 163-168

  Perry, Arlette ^a,d   Wang, Xuewen ^c   Kuo, Yi Tzu ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^b UHZ Sports Medicine Institute   (United States)

^c WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d School of Education   (United States)

Author keywords

Fat Distribution; Health Risk; Metabolic Syndrome; Minority Women; Obesity

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; LIPID;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROL GROUP; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; OBESITY; PREMENOPAUSE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; WAIST HIP RATIO; BLOOD; BLOOD PRESSURE; CAUCASIAN; COLOMBIA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CUBA; ETHNOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PUERTO RICO; STATISTICS; VENEZUELA; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANTHROPOMETRY; BLOOD GLUCOSE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS INDEX; COLOMBIA; CUBA; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; LIPIDS; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; MIDDLE AGED; OVERWEIGHT; PREMENOPAUSE; PUERTO RICO; VENEZUELA; WAIST-HIP RATIO; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 47749120319     PISSN: 1049510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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