Utility of waist circumference percentile for risk evaluation in obese children

International Journal of Pediatric Obesity

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 97-101

  Bassali, Reda ^a   Waller, Jennifer L ^a   Gower, Barbara ^b   Allison, Jerry ^a   Davis, Catherine L ^a  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

Insulin resistance; Lipids; Obesity; Visceral fat; Waist circumference

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; INSULIN; LIPID; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ABDOMINAL SUBCUTANEOUS FAT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHILD; CLINICAL EVALUATION; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INSULIN RESISTANCE; INTRAABDOMINAL FAT; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OBESITY; ORAL GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCHOOL CHILD; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

ABDOMINAL FAT; ADIPOSITY; ANTHROPOMETRY; BLOOD GLUCOSE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; GEORGIA; GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; HUMANS; INSULIN; INSULIN RESISTANCE; LIPIDS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; OBESITY; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

EID: 75749156569     PISSN: 17477166     EISSN: 17477174     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/17477160903111722     Document Type: Article

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