The association of plasma C-reactive protein levels with anthropometric and lipid parameters in elderly Taiwanese;Chinese Source

Asia Pacific Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 651-656

  Tsai, Hsin Jen ^a   Tsai, Alan Chung Hong ^b  

^a I SHOU UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b ASIA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Anthropometric indices; C reactive protein; Elderly; High density lipoprotein cholesterol; Waist to hip ratio

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LIPID;

AGE; AGED; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; METABOLISM; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL MODEL; TAIWAN; WAIST HIP RATIO;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTHROPOMETRY; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BODY MASS INDEX; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CHOLESTEROL, HDL; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; LIPIDS; MALE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; TAIWAN; WAIST-HIP RATIO;

EID: 63849276870     PISSN: 09647058     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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