Central obesity as a reliable predictor for hypertension and dyslipidemia: Tehran lipid glucose study

Iranian Journal of Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2010, Pages

  Zarif Yeganeh, M ^a   Shakersain, B ^b   Azizi, F ^c   Yngve, A ^b   Hedayati, M ^a  

^a SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

BMI; Dyslipidemia; Hypertension; Obesity; WHR

Indexed keywords

HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL;

ABDOMINAL OBESITY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CENTRAL OBESITY; DYSLIPIDEMIA; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; HYPERTRIGLYCERIDEMIA; IRAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; WAIST HIP RATIO;

EID: 77957928164     PISSN: 16834844     EISSN: 16835476     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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