Indices of obesity and cardiovascular risk factors in British women

Obesity Facts

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 190-195

  Kwok, See ^a   McElduff, Patrick ^b   Ashton, David W ^c   Lowe, Gordon D O ^d   Wood, D ^c   Humphries, Stephen E ^e   Charlton Menys, Valentine ^a   Durrington, Paul N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b Datapharm Australia   (Australia)

^c CHARING CROSS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^e ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Blood pressure; C reactive protein; Fibrinogen; High density lipoproteins; Low density lipoproteins; Obesity; Triglycerides

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; FIBRINOGEN; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; UNITED KINGDOM; WAIST HIP RATIO;

ADULT; AGED; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS INDEX; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; FEMALE; FIBRINOGEN; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; LIPOPROTEINS, HDL; LIPOPROTEINS, LDL; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; TRIGLYCERIDES; WAIST-HIP RATIO;

EID: 77949875903     PISSN: 16624025     EISSN: 16624033     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000148778     Document Type: Article

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