Independent effects of age-related changes in waist circumference and BMI z scores in predicting cardiovascular disease risk factors in a prospective cohort of adolescent females

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 93, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 392-401

  Tybor, David J ^a   Lichtenstein, Alice H ^b   Dallal, Gerard E ^b   Daniels, Stephen R ^c   Must, Aviva ^d  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

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

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; INSULIN BLOOD LEVEL; INSULIN RESISTANCE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MENARCHE; OBESITY; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

ADOLESCENT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGE FACTORS; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY FAT DISTRIBUTION; BODY MASS INDEX; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CHILD; CHOLESTEROL, LDL; COHORT STUDIES; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; INSULIN RESISTANCE; MENARCHE; OBESITY, ABDOMINAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

EID: 79251505240     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: 19383207     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3945/ajcn.110.001719     Document Type: Article

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