Body fat, dyslipidemia, blood pressure and the effects of smoking in Germans and Turks

Turkish Journal of Medical Sciences

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 579-589

  Can, Günay ^a   Schwandt, Peter ^b,c   Onat, Altan ^a,d,f   Hergenç, Gülay ^e   Haas, Gerda Maria ^b  

^a ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b Arteriosklerose Präventions Institut   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^d Turkish Society of Cardiology   (Turkey)

^e YILDIZ TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^f NONE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Blood pressure; Dyslipidemia; Ethnicity; Metabolic syndrome; Obesity; Smoking habit

Indexed keywords

DYSLIPIDEMIA; ETHNICITY; METABOLIC SYNDROME; OBESITY; SMOKING HABIT;

BLOOD; BLOOD PRESSURE; CHOLESTEROL; METABOLISM;

NUTRITION;

APOLIPOPROTEIN B; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ABDOMINAL OBESITY; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATHEROGENESIS; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY FAT; BODY MASS; CIGARETTE SMOKING; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYSLIPIDEMIA; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; OBESITY; RACE DIFFERENCE; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

EID: 69249168390     PISSN: 13000144     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3906/sag-0809-16     Document Type: Article

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