Lipoprotein(a) identifies cardiovascular risk in childhood: The Australian Aboriginal Birth Cohort Study

Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health

Volumn 47, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 257-261

  Cunningham, Teresa E ^a   Sayers, Susan M ^a   Singh, Gurmeet R ^a  

^a MENZIES SCHOOL OF HEALTH RESEARCH   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aboriginal; cardiovascular risk factor; children; indigenous; lipoprotein(a)

Indexed keywords

APOLIPOPROTEIN A1; APOLIPOPROTEIN B; CHOLESTEROL; FOLIC ACID; HEMOGLOBIN; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; INSULIN; LIPOPROTEIN A; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ABORIGINE; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY FAT; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FEMALE; HEREDITY; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LIPOPROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATERNAL SMOKING; NUTRITION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; SKINFOLD; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

ANTHROPOMETRY; AUSTRALIA; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CHILD; COHORT STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIPOPROTEIN(A); MALE; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 79957623001     PISSN: 10344810     EISSN: 14401754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1754.2010.01955.x     Document Type: Article

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