The relationship between the waist-to-height ratio and glucose and lipid metabolism in han adolescents

Indian Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 77, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 547-550

  Lu, Qiang ^a   Iseli, Tristan J ^b   Yin, Fu Zai ^a   Ma, Chun Ming ^a   Liu, Bo Wei ^a   Lou, Dong Hu ^a   Liu, Xiao Li ^a  

^a HEBEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b GARVAN INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Australia)

Author keywords

Adolescent; Glucose and lipid metabolism; Obesity; Waist to height ratio

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LIPID; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ABDOMINAL OBESITY; ADOLESCENT; AGE; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHINESE; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DYSLIPIDEMIA; EARLY INTERVENTION; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GLUCOSE METABOLISM; HUMAN; LIPID METABOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SEX DIFFERENCE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; WAIST HEIGHT RATIO;

ABDOMINAL FAT; ADOLESCENT; BLOOD GLUCOSE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHINA; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIPIDS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

EID: 77956186548     PISSN: 00195456     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12098-010-0054-9     Document Type: Article

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