Abdominal obesity and peripheral vascular disease in men and women: A comparison of waist-to-thigh ratio and waist circumference as measures of abdominal obesity

Atherosclerosis

Volumn 208, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 253-257

  Lu, Bing ^a,c   Zhou, Jing ^b   Waring, Molly E ^c,d   Parker, Donna R ^c,d   Eaton, Charles B ^c,d  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d MEMORIAL HOSPITAL OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Abdominal obesity; Peripheral vascular disease; Waist circumference; Waist to thigh ratio

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL OBESITY; ADULT; ANKLE BRACHIAL INDEX; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; BODY FAT DISTRIBUTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; WAIST THIGH RATIO;

FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY, ABDOMINAL; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASES; WAIST-HIP RATIO;

EID: 73449091124     PISSN: 00219150     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2009.06.027     Document Type: Article

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