Optimal definitions for abdominal obesity and the metabolic syndrome in Andean Hispanics: The PREVENCION study

Diabetes Care

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1385-1388

  Medina Lezama, Josefina ^a   Pastorius, Catherine A ^b   Zea Diaz, Humberto ^a   Bernabe Ortiz, Antonio ^c   Corrales Medina, Fernando ^a   Morey Vargas, Oscar Leopoldo ^a   Chirinos, Diana Andrea ^a   Mũnoz Atahualpa, Edgar ^a   Chirinos Pacheco, Julio ^a   Chirinos, Julio Alonso ^d  

^a UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE SANTA MARÍA   (Peru)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSIDAD PERUANA CAYETANO HEREDIA   (Peru)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL OBESITY; ADULT; AGED; ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CAROTID ARTERY; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; VASCULAR DISEASE; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; ETHNOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; MALE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY, ABDOMINAL; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77956075591     PISSN: 01495992     EISSN: 19355548     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2337/dc09-2353     Document Type: Article

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