Comparison of different anthropometric indices for identifying dyslipidemia in school children

Clinical Biochemistry

Volumn 44, Issue 8-9, 2011, Pages 659-664

  Hirschler, Valeria ^a   Molinari, Claudia ^b   Maccallini, Gustavo ^a   Aranda, Claudio ^a   Oestreicher, Karin ^c  

^a HOSPITAL DURAND   (Argentina)

^b Stastistics Department   (Argentina)

^c UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Anthropometric measures; Dyslipidemia; School children

Indexed keywords

HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; APTITUDE; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DYSLIPIDEMIA; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; NORMAL HUMAN; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CHOLESTEROL, HDL; DYSLIPIDEMIAS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; ODDS RATIO; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TRIGLYCERIDES; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

EID: 79955814105     PISSN: 00099120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinbiochem.2011.02.004     Document Type: Article

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