Predicting cardiovascular risk factors by different body fat patterns in 3850 german children: The PEP family heart study

International Journal of Preventive Medicine

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 15-19

  Haas, Gerda Maria ^a   Liepold, Evelyn ^a   Schwandt, Peter ^a,b  

^a Arteriosklerose Praeventions Institut   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Anthropometric indices; Cardiovascular risk factors; Prediction; Youth

Indexed keywords

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

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERGLYCEMIA; HYPERTENSION; HYPERTRIGLYCERIDEMIA; MALE; OBESITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX RATIO; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; WAIST HEIGHT RATIO;

EID: 79952057982     PISSN: 20087802     EISSN: 20088213     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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