The correlation between waist circumference and ESC cardiovascular risk score: Data from the German metabolic and cardiovascular risk project (GEMCAS)

Clinical Research in Cardiology

Volumn 97, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 827-835

  Schunkert, Heribert ^a   Moebus, Susanne ^b   Hanisch, Jens ^b   Bramlage, Peter ^c   Steinhagen Thiessen, Elisabeth ^d   Hauner, Hans ^e   Weil, Joachim ^a   Wasem, Jürgen ^b   Jöckel, Karl Heinz ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LÜBECK   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

^c DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^d CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^e TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cardiometabolic; Cardiovascular risk; Metabolic syndrome; SCORE; Waist circumference

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; GERMANY; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCORING SYSTEM; SEX DIFFERENCE; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

ADULT; AGED; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BLOOD GLUCOSE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS INDEX; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CHOLESTEROL, HDL; CHOLESTEROL, LDL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EUROPEAN UNION; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RISK; RISK FACTORS; SAMPLING STUDIES; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TRIGLYCERIDES; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; WAIST-HIP RATIO;

EID: 58549117472     PISSN: 18610684     EISSN: 18610692     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00392-008-0694-1     Document Type: Article

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