Association between adiposity indices and cardiometabolic risk factors among adults living in Puerto Rico

Public Health Nutrition

Volumn 14, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1714-1723

  Palacios, Cristina ^a   Pérez, Cynthia M ^a   Guzmán, Manuel ^b   Ortiz, Ana P ^a   Ayala, Alelí ^a   Suárez, Erick ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Puerto Rico)

Author keywords

BMI; Cardiometabolic risk; Waist circumference; Waist to height ratio; Waist to hip ratio

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR INHIBITOR 1;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITION; OBESITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREVALENCE; PUERTO RICO; RISK; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL MODEL; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; WAIST HIP RATIO;

ADIPOSITY; ADULT; AGED; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS INDEX; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CHOLESTEROL, HDL; CHOLESTEROL, LDL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; OBESITY; ODDS RATIO; PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR INHIBITOR 1; PREVALENCE; PUERTO RICO; RISK FACTORS; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; WAIST-HIP RATIO;

EID: 84855385688     PISSN: 13689800     EISSN: 14752727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1368980011000796     Document Type: Article

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