Association of thyroid-stimulating hormone levels and body mass index in overweight Hispanics in Puerto Rico

Ethnicity and Disease

Volumn 18, Issue 2 SUPPL. 2, 2008, Pages

  Figueroa, Brunilda ^a   Vélez, Himilce ^b   Irizarry Ramírez, Margarita ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

Author keywords

BMI; Hispanic; Hypothyroidism; TSH

Indexed keywords

THYROTROPIN;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BODY FAT; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HYPOTHYROIDISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; PUERTO RICO; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SEX RATIO; THYROID FUNCTION; THYROTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; WEIGHT CONTROL; WEIGHT REDUCTION; BLOOD; ETHNOLOGY; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADULT; BODY MASS INDEX; FEMALE; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; OVERWEIGHT; PREVALENCE; PUERTO RICO; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THYROTROPIN;

EID: 52149089040     PISSN: 1049510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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