Relationship of body mass index, waist circumference and cardiovascular risk factors in Chinese adult

Biomedical and Environmental Sciences

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 92-101

  Du, Song Ming ^a   Ma, Guan Sheng ^b   Li, Yan Ping ^b   Fang, Hong Yun ^b   Hu, Xiao Qi ^b   Yang, Xiao Guang ^b   Hu, Yong Hua ^a  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (China)

^b CHINESE CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (China)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular disease risk factors; Central obesity; Multivariate regression; Obesity

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952856348     PISSN: 08953988     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0895-3988(10)60037-2     Document Type: Article

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