Morbidly obese diagnosis as an indicator of cardiovascular disease risk in children: Results from the CARDIAC Project

International Journal of Pediatric Obesity

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 113-119

  Ice, Christa L ^a,b   Murphy, Emily ^a   Cottrell, Lesley ^a   Neal, William A ^a  

^a WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Body mass index (BMI); cardiovascular disease (CVD); children; morbidly obese; rural

Indexed keywords

HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL;

ACANTHOSIS NIGRICANS; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHILD; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBID OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; RURAL AREA; SCHOOL CHILD; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL; UNITED STATES;

BODY MASS INDEX; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CHILD; CHOLESTEROL, HDL; CHOLESTEROL, LDL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OBESITY, MORBID; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 79957526369     PISSN: 17477166     EISSN: 17477174     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/17477161003792556     Document Type: Article

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