Central Obesity and Multivariable Cardiovascular Risk as Assessed by the Framingham Prediction Scores

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 103, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1403-1407

  Dhaliwal, Satvinder S ^a   Welborn, Timothy A ^b  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CIGARETTE SMOKING; FRAMINGHAM PREDICTED RISK SCORE; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OBESITY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCORING SYSTEM; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; WAIST HIP RATIO;

ADULT; AUSTRALIA; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS INDEX; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; HUMANS; LIPIDS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; WAIST-HIP RATIO;

EID: 65449128798     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2008.12.048     Document Type: Article

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