Waist/height ratio compared with other anthropometric indicators of obesity as a predictor of high coronary risk

Revista da Associacao Medica Brasileira

Volumn 55, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 705-711

  Haun, Danilo Ramos ^a,b   Pitanga, Francisco José Gondim ^a   Lessa, Ines ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF BAHIA   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TRÁS OS MONTES AND ALTO DOURO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Anthropometry; Body fat distribution; Obesity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BRAZIL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; WAIST HIP RATIO;

ADULT; AGED; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS INDEX; BRAZIL; CORONARY DISEASE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; WAIST-HIP RATIO; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77649148756     PISSN: 01044230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s0104-42302009000600015     Document Type: Article

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