Anthropometric indexes of obesity and hypertension in elderly from Cuba and Barbados

Journal of Nutrition, Health and Aging

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 17-21

  Barbosa, A Rodrigues ^a   Munaretti, D Balduino ^a   Da Silva Coqueiro, R ^b   Borgatto, A Ferreti ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SANTA CATARINA   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSIDADE ESTADUAL DO SUDOESTE DA BAHIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

abdominal obesity; Adiposity; aged; body mass index; hypertension

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; BARBADOS; BODY MASS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CUBA; DIABETES MELLITUS; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE; RISK; SAMPLING; SMOKING; STRENGTH; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; WAIST HIP RATIO; WELLBEING;

EID: 79954444518     PISSN: 12797707     EISSN: 17604788     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12603-011-0007-7     Document Type: Article

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