Regional differences in body fat distributions among people with comparable body mass index: A comparison across six German population-based surveys

European Journal of Preventive Cardiology

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 106-114

  Stang, Andreas ^a   Döring, Angela ^b   Völzke, Henry ^c   Moebus, Susanne ^d   Greiser, Karin Halina ^a   Werdan, Karl ^a   Berger, Klaus ^e   Ellert, Ute ^f   Neuhauser, Hanne ^f  

^a MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

^b INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GREIFSWALD   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ESSEN   (Germany)

^e Universitätsklinikum   (Germany)

^f ROBERT KOCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY FAT DISTRIBUTION; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; WAIST HIP RATIO;

EID: 79959249069     PISSN: 20474873     EISSN: 20474881     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/HJR.0b013e32833b3305     Document Type: Article

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