High prevalence of cardiometabolic risk factors in women considered low risk by traditional risk assessment

Journal of Women's Health

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 947-953

  Pollin, Irene S ^a   Kral, Brian G ^b   Shattuck, Teresa ^c   Sadler, Michele Debarthe ^c   Boyle, Jennifer R ^c   McKillop, Laurene ^a   Campbell, Catherine ^b   Ashen, M Dominique ^b   Nasir, Khurram ^d   Redberg, Rita F ^e   Brintzenhofeszoc, Karlynn ^f   Blumenthal, Roger S ^b   Michos, Erin D ^b  

^a Sister to Sister Everyone Has a Heart Foundation   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Shattuck and Associates Inc   (United States)

^d MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF AMERICA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DYSLIPIDEMIA; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LIFESTYLE MODIFICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCORING SYSTEM; SCREENING; SMOKING; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 49249105901     PISSN: 15409996     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/jwh.2007.0640     Document Type: Article

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