Utility of Waist-To-Height Ratio in Detecting Central Obesity and Related Adverse Cardiovascular Risk Profile Among Normal Weight Younger Adults (from the Bogalusa Heart Study)

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 104, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 721-724

  Srinivasan, Sathanur R ^a   Wang, Ren ^a   Chen, Wei ^a   Wei, Christine Y ^a   Xu, Jihua ^a   Berenson, Gerald S ^a  

^a Tulane Center for Cardiovascular Health   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; INSULIN; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; URIC ACID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; INSULIN RESISTANCE; LIVER FUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WAIST HIP RATIO;

ABDOMINAL FAT; ADULT; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY HEIGHT; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; CAROTID ARTERY, COMMON; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERURICEMIA; INSULIN RESISTANCE; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OBESITY; RISK FACTORS; TUNICA INTIMA; TUNICA MEDIA; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 68749092255     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2009.04.037     Document Type: Article

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