Body composition in coronary heart disease: How does body mass indexcorrelate with body fatness?

Ochsner Journal

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 220-225

  de Schutter, Alban ^a   Lavie, Carl J ^b   Gonzalez, Jose ^c   Milani, Richard V ^b  

^a JOHN OCHSNER HEART AND VASCULAR INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b DEPARTMENT OF COLORECTAL SURGERY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aging; Body composition; Coronary heart disease; Fat; Obesity; Rehabilitation; Sex

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY FAT; BODY MASS; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SKINFOLD THICKNESS;

EID: 80052745054     PISSN: 15245012     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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