Reference curves of anthropometric indices and serum lipid profiles in representative samples of Asian and European children

Archives of Medical Science

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 329-335

  Kelishadi, Roya ^a   Schwandt, Peter ^b,c   Haas, Gerda Maria ^b   Hosseini, Mohsen ^d   Mirmoghtadaee, Parisa ^d  

^a ISFAHAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b Institut Munich   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^d ISFAHAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Anthropometric indices; Ethnicity; Lipid profile; Metabolic syndrome; Reference curve

Indexed keywords

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

ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; ASIAN; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CAUCASIAN; CHILD; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LIPID ANALYSIS; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; POPULATION BASED CASE CONTROL STUDY; REFERENCE VALUE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; WAIST HIP RATIO;

EID: 58549120596     PISSN: 17341922     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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