Obesity and cardiometabolic risk factors in a representative population of Iranian adolescents and adults in comparison to a Western population: The Isfahan Healthy Heart Programme

Public Health Nutrition

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 314-323

  Sarrafzadegan, Nizal ^a   Kelishadi, Roya ^a   Dana Siadat, Zahra ^a   Esmaillzadeh, Ahmad ^a   Solhpour, Amirreza ^b   Shirani, Shahin ^a   Naderi, Gholamali ^a   Asgary, Sedigheh ^a   Sadri, Gholamhossein ^a   Khosravi, Alireza ^a   Bahonar, Ahmad ^a  

^a ISFAHAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Anthropometric indices; Ethnicity; Gender differences; Lipid profile

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHILD; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IRAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; REFERENCE VALUE; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY MASS INDEX; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CHILD; CHOLESTEROL; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; REFERENCE VALUES; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; TRIGLYCERIDES; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77951225081     PISSN: 13689800     EISSN: 14752727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1368980009991029     Document Type: Article

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