Waist circumference and waist-to-hip ratio as predictors of serum concentration of lipids in Brazilian men

Nutrition

Volumn 20, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 857-862

  Lemos Santos, M G F ^a   Valente, J G ^b   Goncalves Silva R M V ^a   Sichieri, R ^b,c  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MATO GROSSO   (Brazil)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^c IME UERJ R S Francisco Xavier   (Brazil)

Author keywords

body mass index; men; percentage of body fat; serum lipids; waist circumference; waist to hip ratio

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; CHOLESTEROL; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; LIPID; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BLOOD DONOR; BODY FAT; BODY MASS; BRAZIL; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; HUMAN; IMPEDANCE; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING;

ADULT; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY CONSTITUTION; BODY MASS INDEX; BRAZIL; CHOLESTEROL; CHOLESTEROL, HDL; CHOLESTEROL, LDL; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; EXERCISE; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SMOKING; TRIGLYCERIDES; WAIST-HIP RATIO;

EID: 4944247350     PISSN: 08999007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nut.2004.06.005     Document Type: Article

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