The relation of BMI and skinfold thicknesses to risk factors among young and middle-aged adults: The Bogalusa Heart Study

Annals of Human Biology

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 726-737

  Freedman, David S ^a   Katzmarzyk, Peter T ^b   Dietz, William H ^a   Srinivasan, Sathanur R ^c   Berenson, Gerald S ^c  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR CHRONIC DISEASE PREVENTION AND HEALTH PROMOTION   (United States)

^b PENNINGTON BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c Tulane Center for Cardiovascular Health   (United States)

Author keywords

Blood pressure; BMI; Insulin; Lipids; Risk factors; Skinfolds

Indexed keywords

HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; INSULIN; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADULT; BLOOD; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; LIPID; METABOLISM; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; SKIN; YOUNG POPULATION;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CAUCASIAN; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; NEGRO; OBESITY; RISK FACTOR; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; UNITED STATES;

ADIPOSITY; ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY MASS INDEX; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CHOLESTEROL, HDL; CHOLESTEROL, LDL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; INSULIN; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; LOUISIANA; MALE; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; RISK FACTORS; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; TRIGLYCERIDES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77958555969     PISSN: 03014460     EISSN: 14645033     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/03014461003641849     Document Type: Article

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