Comparison of body mass index and waist circumference as predictors of cardiometabolic health in a population of young Canadian adults

Diabetology and Metabolic Syndrome

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Brenner, Darren R ^a   Tepylo, Kasia ^a   Eny, Karen M ^a   Cahill, Leah E ^a   El Sohemy, Ahmed ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LIPID; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CANADA; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

EID: 77953574911     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17585996     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1758-5996-2-28     Document Type: Article

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