Plasma cholesterol levels continue to decline despite the rising prevalence of obesity: Population trends in Perth, Western Australia, 1980–1999

European Journal of Preventive Cardiology

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 319-324

  Hobbs, Michael S ^a   Knuiman, Matthew W ^a   Briffa, Tom ^a   Ngo, Hanh ^a   Jamrozik, Konrad ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

adult; health surveys; hypercholesterolemia; obesity; risk factors

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL;

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BLOOD; BODY MASS; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; WAIST HIP RATIO; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AWARENESS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; INCIDENCE; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; BODY MASS INDEX; CHOLESTEROL; CORONARY DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; WAIST-HIP RATIO; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

EID: 56149127268     PISSN: 20474873     EISSN: 20474881     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/HJR.0b013e3282f3c76b     Document Type: Article

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