Prevalence of abdominal obesity in primary care: The IDEA UK study

International Journal of Clinical Practice

Volumn 63, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1301-1307

  Morrell, J ^a   Fox, K A A ^b  

^a Beaconsfield Road Surgery ^*  (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL OBESITY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COMORBIDITY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE MARKER; DYSLIPIDEMIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED KINGDOM; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; ADOLESCENT; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; DYSLIPIDEMIAS; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY, ABDOMINAL; RISK FACTOR; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; DIABETES MELLITUS; DYSLIPIDEMIAS; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY, ABDOMINAL; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 68949208057     PISSN: 13685031     EISSN: 17421241     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-1241.2009.02126.x     Document Type: Article

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