Association of different anthropometric measures and indices with coronary atherosclerotic burden

Arquivos Brasileiros de Cardiologia

Volumn 97, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 397-401

  Chagas, Patrícia ^a,b   Caramori, Paulo ^a   Barcellos, Christiano ^a   Galdino, Tatiana Pizzato ^a   Gomes, Irênio ^a   Schwanke, Carla Helena Augustin ^a  

^a PONTIFICAL CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SANTA MARIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Anthropometry; Body mass index; Coronary artery disease; Waist hip ratio

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL CIRCUMFERENCE; ABDOMINAL CIRCUMFERENCE HIP RATIO; ADULT; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CARDIAC PATIENT; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DYSLIPIDEMIA; EVALUATION; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; FRIESINGER SCORE; GENDER; HIP CIRCUMFERENCE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NECK CIRCUMFERENCE; OBESITY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCORING SYSTEM; SMOKING; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; WAIST HEIGHT RATIO; WAIST HIP RATIO;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY WEIGHTS AND MEASURES; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY, ABDOMINAL; REFERENCE VALUES; RISK FACTORS; WAIST-HIP RATIO; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84455210983     PISSN: 0066782X     EISSN: 16784170     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0066-782X2011005000093     Document Type: Article

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