Association of the waist-to-height ratio with cardiovascular risk factors in children and adolescents: The three cities heart study

International Journal of Preventive Medicine

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 39-49

  Ribeiro, Robespierre C ^a   Coutinho, Mário ^b   Bramorski, Marco A ^b   Giuliano, Isabela C ^b   Pavan, Júlia ^c  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SANTA CATARINA   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Anthropometry; Brazil; Cardiovascular risk factors; Multicenter study; Obesity; Pediatrics

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL;

ADOLESCENT; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHILD; CITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; HUMAN; JUVENILE; OBESITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; RANDOM SAMPLE; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL; SCREENING; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; STUDENT; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; WAIST TO HEIGHT RATIO;

EID: 79952059099     PISSN: 20087802     EISSN: 20088213     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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