Lipid profile and its association with risk factors for coronary heart disease in the highlanders of Lhasa, Tibet

High Altitude Medicine and Biology

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 57-63

  Sherpa, Lhamo Y ^a   Deji, ^b   Stigum, Hein ^a,c   Chongsuvivatwong, Virasakdi ^d   Luobu, Ouzhu ^b   Thelle, Dag S ^a   Nafstad, Per ^a   Bjertness, Espen ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b TIBET UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Norway)

^d PRINCE OF SONGKLA UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

heart disease; highlanders; lipid profile; obesity; Tibetans

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LIPID; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CHINA; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DIET; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; HYPERTRIGLYCERIDEMIA; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LIPID ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; WAIST HIP RATIO;

ADULT; AGED; ALTITUDE; CHOLESTEROL, HDL; CHOLESTEROL, LDL; CORONARY DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERTRIGLYCERIDEMIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; TIBET; TRIGLYCERIDES;

EID: 79953809382     PISSN: 15270297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/ham.2010.1050     Document Type: Article

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