Interethnic differences in the accuracy of anthropometric indicators of obesity in screening for high risk of coronary heart disease

International Journal of Obesity

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 568-576

  Herrera, V M ^a   Casas, J P ^b   Miranda, J J ^b   Perel, P ^b   Pichardo, R ^c   Gonzalez A ^c   Sanchez, J R ^d   Ferreccio, C ^e   Aguilera, X ^f   Silva, E ^g   Orostegui M ^h   Gomez L F ⁱ   Chirinos, J A ^j   Medina Lezama, J ^k   Perez C M ^l   Suarez E ^l   Ortiz, A P ^l   Rosero, L ^m   Schapochnik, N ⁿ   Ortiz, Z ^o   Ferrante, D ^p   Diaz, M ^q   Bautista, L E ^a   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^c Instituto Dominicano de Cardiología   (Mexico)

^d INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE SALUD   (Peru)

^e PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

^f Ministerio de Salud de Chile   (Chile)

^g UNIVERSIDAD DEL ZULIA   (Venezuela)

^h UNIVERSIDAD INDUSTRIAL DE SANTANDER   (Colombia)

ⁱ Fundacion FES Social   (Colombia)

^j UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^k UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE SANTA MARÍA   (Peru)

^l UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

^m UNIVERSIDAD DE COSTA RICA   (Costa Rica)

ⁿ Ministerio de Salud de la Provincia de Tierra Del Fuego   (Argentina)

^o ACADEMIA NACIONAL DE MEDICINA   (Argentina)

^p Ministerio de Salud   (Argentina)

^q Centro de Investigación Médica Académica   (Uruguay)

more..

Author keywords

Coronary heart disease; Ethnic group; Latin America; NHANES; Sscreening

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CORONARY RISK; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNICITY; EUROPEAN AMERICAN; FEMALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HISPANIC; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MALE; MASS SCREENING; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SCREENING TEST; SOUTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; UNITED STATES; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; WAIST HIP RATIO;

ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGED; ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILE; COLOMBIA; CORONARY DISEASE; DOMINICAN REPUBLIC; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PERU; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PUERTO RICO; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX FACTORS; UNITED STATES; VENEZUELA; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; WAIST-HIP RATIO;

EID: 67349159385     PISSN: 03070565     EISSN: 14765497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ijo.2009.35     Document Type: Article

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