Cardiovascular disease risk factors in adolescent British South Asians and whites: A pilot study

Postgraduate Medicine

Volumn 123, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 104-111

  Hemmings, Steph ^a   Conner, Adrian ^a   Maffulli, Nicola ^a   Morrissey, Dylan ^a  

^a ROYAL LONDON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adolescent; Cardiovascular risk; Diet; Ethnicity; Fitness; Physical activity

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; GLUCOSE; LACTIC ACID; SATURATED FATTY ACID; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; UNSATURATED FATTY ACID;

ACCELEROMETRY; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY FAT; BODY MASS; CALORIC INTAKE; CARBOHYDRATE INTAKE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CAUCASIAN; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FAT INTAKE; FITNESS; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEART RATE; HUMAN; MALE; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PILOT STUDY; SOUTH ASIA; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TREADMILL EXERCISE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL; WAIST HIP RATIO;

ADOLESCENT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANTHROPOMETRY; BANGLADESH; BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; DIET; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; EXERCISE TEST; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH SURVEYS; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PILOT PROJECTS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 79955117757     PISSN: 00325481     EISSN: 19419260     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3810/pgm.2011.03.2268     Document Type: Article

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