Association between anthropometric obesity measures and coronary artery disease: A cross-sectional survey of 16 657 subjects from 444 Polish cities

Heart

Volumn 96, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 131-135

  Kaess, B M ^a,b   Jozwiak, J ^c,d   Mastej, M ^d,e   Lukas, W ^c   Grzeszczak, W ^c   Windak, A ^f   Piwowarska, W ^f   Tykarski, A ^g   Konduracka, E ^f   Rygiel, K ^c   Manasar, A ^d   Samani, N J ^a   Tomaszewski, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL REGENSBURG   (Germany)

^c MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SILESIA   (Poland)

^d Silesian Analytical Laboratories   (Poland)

^e Steering Committee Lipidogram 2004 Study   (Poland)

^f JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

^g POZNAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Poland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; POLAND; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; WAIST HEIGHT RATIO;

ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY MASS INDEX; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; POLAND; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 75149186646     PISSN: 13556037     EISSN: 1468201X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/hrt.2009.171520     Document Type: Article

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