Apo-B/A1 ratio identifies cardiovascular risk in childhood: The Australian Aboriginal Birth Cohort study

Diabetes and Vascular Disease Research

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 94-99

  Sellers, Elizabeth A C ^a   Singh, Gurmeet R ^b   Sayers, Susan M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^b CHARLES DARWIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aboriginal; Apolipoprotein; Cardiovascular; Lipids; Paediatric

Indexed keywords

APOLIPOPROTEIN A1; APOLIPOPROTEIN B; CHOLESTEROL; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; APOA1 PROTEIN, HUMAN; BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

ABORIGINE; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BODY FAT; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHILD; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LIPOPROTEIN METABOLISM; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; OBESITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; BLOOD; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ETHNOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICS;

ADIPOSITY; ADOLESCENT; APOLIPOPROTEIN A-I; APOLIPOPROTEINS B; AUSTRALIA; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS INDEX; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

EID: 68349111702     PISSN: 14791641     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1479164109336046     Document Type: Article

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