Indices of obesity and cardiometabolic risk

Hypertension

Volumn 58, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 991-993

  Whaley Connell, Adam ^a,b   Sowers, James R ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b University of Missouri   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; DIABETES MELLITUS; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HYPERTENSION; IMPAIRED GLUCOSE TOLERANCE; INSULIN RESISTANCE; INSULIN SENSITIVITY; NOTE; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RENIN ANGIOTENSIN ALDOSTERONE SYSTEM; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

BODY MASS INDEX; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; OBESITY; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

EID: 83155180322     PISSN: 0194911X     EISSN: 15244563     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/HYPERTENSIONAHA.111.180406     Document Type: Note

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