Adiposity assessment: Explaining the association between obesity, hypertension and stroke

Expert Review of Cardiovascular Therapy

Volumn 9, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1557-1564

  Rhéaume, Caroline ^a,b   Leblanc, Marie Ve ^a,b   Poirier, Paul ^a,b  

^a LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

adiposity; body mass index; obesity; stroke; systemic hypertension; waist circumference; waist to height ratio; waist to hip ratio

Indexed keywords

ADIPOCYTOKINE; GLUCOSE; INSULIN; LIPOPROTEIN;

BODY FAT; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENDOTHELIAL DYSFUNCTION; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; IMMOBILIZATION; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INCIDENCE; INSULIN RESISTANCE; KIDNEY TUBULE ABSORPTION; MEDICAL SOCIETY; METABOLIC DISORDER; MORTALITY; NATRIURESIS; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; RENIN ANGIOTENSIN ALDOSTERONE SYSTEM; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; STROKE; SURVIVAL RATE; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; WAIST HIP RATIO;

ABDOMINAL FAT; ADIPOSITY; BODY FAT DISTRIBUTION; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS INDEX; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; OBESITY; OBESITY, ABDOMINAL; RISK FACTORS; STROKE; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; WAIST-HIP RATIO;

EID: 82755174047     PISSN: 14779072     EISSN: 17448344     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1586/erc.11.167     Document Type: Review

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