Gender-related differences in the relationship between plasma homocysteine, anthropometric and conventional biochemical coronary heart disease risk factors in middle-aged indians

Annals of Nutrition and Metabolism

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 1-6

  Pitla, Sujatha ^a   Nagalla, Balakrishna ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NUTRITION   (India)

Author keywords

CHD risk factors; Gender; Plasma homocysteine; Waist circumference

Indexed keywords

HOMOCYSTEINE; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL;

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; AMINO ACID BLOOD LEVEL; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BODY MASS; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIETARY INTAKE; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCOME; INDIAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LIFESTYLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NORMAL HUMAN; OMNIVORE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL; VEGETARIAN; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS INDEX; CORONARY DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIET, VEGETARIAN; FEMALE; HOMOCYSTEINE; HUMANS; INDIA; LIFE STYLE; LIPIDS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

EID: 59249104318     PISSN: 02506807     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000199452     Document Type: Article

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