Comparison of body mass index and waist/height ratio in predicting definite coronary artery disease

Annals of Nutrition and Metabolism

Volumn 53, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 162-166

  Siavash, M ^a   Sadeghi, M ^b   Salarifar, F ^c   Amini, M ^a   Shojaee Moradie, F ^d  

^a ISFAHAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b ISFAHAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c ISFAHAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Abdominal obesity; Anthropometric indices; Body mass index; Coronary artery disease; Obesity; Waist height ratio

Indexed keywords

ABDOMEN; ABDOMINAL OBESITY; ADULT; AGE; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE MARKER; FEMALE; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HUMAN; IRAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTION; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SCORING SYSTEM; SEX DIFFERENCE; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

ABDOMINAL FAT; AGE FACTORS; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS INDEX; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREVALENCE; SEX FACTORS; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; WAIST-HIP RATIO;

EID: 60749108894     PISSN: 02506807     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000172977     Document Type: Article

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