Body mass index classification misses subjects with increased cardiometabolic risk factors related to elevated adiposity

International Journal of Obesity

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 286-294

  Gomez Ambrosi J ^a,b   Silva, C ^a,b   Galofre J C ^a   Escalada, J ^a   Santos, S ^a   Millan D ^a   Vila, N ^a   Ibaez P ^a,b   Gil, M J ^a,b   Valenti V ^a   Rotellar, F ^a,b   Ramirez B ^a,b   Salvador, J ^a,b   Fruhbeck G ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY CLINIC OF NAVARRA   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

Author keywords

adiposity; BMI; diagnosis; fat mass

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; GLUCOSE; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; INSULIN; LEPTIN; LIPID; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; URIC ACID; VON WILLEBRAND FACTOR;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE MARKER; FEMALE; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METABOLIC DISORDER; OBESITY; PLETHYSMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BODY MASS INDEX; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PLETHYSMOGRAPHY; PREVALENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SPAIN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84857058884     PISSN: 03070565     EISSN: 14765497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ijo.2011.100     Document Type: Article

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