Ethnic group differences in waist circumference percentiles among U.S. children and adolescents: Estimates from the 1999-2008 national health and nutrition examination surveys

Metabolic Syndrome and Related Disorders

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 297-303

  Messiah, Sarah E ^a   Arheart, Kristopher L ^a   Lipshultz, Steven E ^a   Miller, Tracie L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENCE; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; UNITED STATES; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

ADOLESCENT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ETHNIC GROUPS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEXICAN AMERICANS; NUTRITION SURVEYS; RISK FACTORS; UNITED STATES; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

EID: 79960798017     PISSN: 15404196     EISSN: 15578518     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/met.2010.0127     Document Type: Article

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