Obesity and its relationship with cardiovascular risk factors in a Japanese-Brazilian population;Obesidade e sua relação com fatores de risco para doenças cardiovasculares em uma população Nipo-Brasileira

Arquivos Brasileiros de Endocrinologia e Metabologia

Volumn 52, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1474-1481

  De Figueiredo, Roberta Carvalho ^a   Franco, Laércio Joel ^b   Garcia De Andrade, Regina C ^b   Foss Freitas, Maria Cristina ^b   Pace, Ana Emilia ^b   Fabbro, Amaury Lelis Dal ^b   Foss, Milton César ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular risk factors; Japanese Brazilians; Obesity: Abdominal obesity

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL FAT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASIAN; BODY MASS; BRAZIL; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; JAPAN; MALE; OBESITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RISK FACTOR; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

ABDOMINAL FAT; ADULT; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BODY MASS INDEX; BRAZIL; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; JAPAN; MALE; OBESITY; RISK FACTORS; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 60149098135     PISSN: 00042730     EISSN: 16779487     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0004-27302008000900011     Document Type: Article

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