Ethnic differences in body composition and obesity related risk factors: Study in chinese and white males living in china

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2011, Pages

  Wang, Dong ^a,b   Li, Yanping ^c   Lee, Simin Gharib ^d   Wang, Lei ^a   Fan, Jinhui ^a   Zhang, Gong ^a   Wu, Jiang ^a   Ji, Yong ^a   Li, Songlin ^a  

^a Civ Aviat Administration of China   (China)

^b CHINESE CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (China)

^c HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; GLUCOSE; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY FAT DISTRIBUTION; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CAUCASIAN; CHINA; CHINESE; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; RISK FACTOR; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL; ASIAN; ETHNOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; STATISTICS;

ADULT; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY MASS INDEX; CHINA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 79956287325     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0019835     Document Type: Article

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