Waist-to-height ratio is a highly sensitive index for the metabolic syndrome in a mediterranean population

Metabolic Syndrome and Related Disorders

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 477-484

  Mombelli, Giuliana ^a   Zanaboni, Anna M ^b   Gaito, Sabrina ^b   Sirtori, Cesare R ^a,c  

^a OSPEDALE NIGUARDA CA GRANDA   (Italy)

^b Department of Computer Sciences ^*

^c UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERGLYCEMIA; HYPERTENSION; HYPERTRIGLYCERIDEMIA; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

AGED; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS INDEX; FEMALE; HUMANS; ITALY; LIPIDS; MALE; MEDITERRANEAN REGION; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

EID: 70350343442     PISSN: 15404196     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/met.2008.0101     Document Type: Article

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