Anthropometric assessment of abdominal obesity and coronary heart disease risk in men: The PRIME study

Heart

Volumn 96, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 136-140

  Gruson, E ^a   Montaye, M ^a   Kee, F ^b   Wagner, A ^c   Bingham, A ^d   Ruidavets, J B ^e   Haas, B ^c   Evans, A ^b   Ferrieres J ^e   Ducimetiere P P ^d   Amouyel, P ^a   Dallongeville, J ^a  

^a UNIV LILLE   (France)

^b QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

^d HÔPITAL PAUL BROUSSE   (France)

^e INSERM   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ABDOMINAL OBESITY; ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL TRIAL; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIABETES MELLITUS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FOLLOW UP; FRANCE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL; UNITED KINGDOM; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; WAIST HEIGHT RATIO; WAIST HIP RATIO;

EID: 75149191527     PISSN: 13556037     EISSN: 1468201X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/hrt.2009.171447     Document Type: Article

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