Association of abdominal adiposity with diabetes and cardiovascular disease in Latin America

Journal of Clinical Hypertension

Volumn 11, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 769-774

  Aschner, Pablo ^a   Ruiz, Alvaro ^a   Balkau, Beverley ^b   Massien, Christine ^c   Haffner, Steven M ^d  

^a Facultad de Medicina   (Colombia)

^b INSERM   (France)

^c SANOFI   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL OBESITY; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARGENTINA; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHILE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COLOMBIA; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DOMINICAN REPUBLIC; ECUADOR; FEMALE; GUATEMALA; HUMAN; JAMAICA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEXICO; OBESITY; PERU; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOUTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA; TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO; VENEZUELA; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

ABDOMINAL FAT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; BODY MASS INDEX; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 1; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; LATIN AMERICA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; ODDS RATIO; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 70949089556     PISSN: 15246175     EISSN: 17517176     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1559-4572.2008.00051.x     Document Type: Article

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