The discrimination of dyslipidaemia using anthropometric measures in ethnically diverse populations of the Asia-pacific region: The obesity in Asia collaboration

Obesity Reviews

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 127-136

  Barzi, F ^a   Woodward, M ^a   Czernichow, S ^a   Lee, C M Y ^a   Kang, J H ^b   Janus, E ^c   Lear, S ^d   Patel, A ^a   Caterson, I ^a   Patel, J ^e   Lam, T H ^f   Suriyawongpaisal, P ^g   Huxley, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b Inje University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^c Wimmera Health Care Group   (Australia)

^d SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^e SANDWELL GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^g MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Lipids; Meta analysis; Obesity

Indexed keywords

HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LIPID; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; ASIAN; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY SIZE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYSLIPIDEMIA; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; WAIST HIP RATIO;

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ASIA; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY WEIGHT; DYSLIPIDEMIAS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; OCEANIA; PREVALENCE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; WAIST-HIP RATIO;

EID: 75149138986     PISSN: 14677881     EISSN: 1467789X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-789X.2009.00605.x     Document Type: Article

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