Waist circumference predicts cardiovascular risk in young Australian children

Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health

Volumn 44, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 709-715

  Watts, Katie ^a   Bell, Lana M ^c   Byrne, Susan M ^a,b   Jones, Timothy W ^a,c   Davis, Elizabeth A ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c PRINCESS MARGARET HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular risk; Childhood obesity; Waist circumference

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; GLUCOSE; GLYCOSYLATED HEMOGLOBIN; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; HOMOCYSTEINE; INSULIN; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADOLESCENT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET RESTRICTION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DYSLIPIDEMIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERINSULINISM; HYPERTENSION; INCIDENCE; INSULIN RESISTANCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; OBESITY; ORAL GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SCORING SYSTEM; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY MASS INDEX; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; RISK FACTORS; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

EID: 58149092095     PISSN: 10344810     EISSN: 14401754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1754.2008.01411.x     Document Type: Article

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