Diagnostic value of anthropometric indices for initial stage of atherosclerosis in adult women

Asia Pacific Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 220-226

  Heidari Beni, Motahar ^a   Hajimaghsood, Masoud ^a   Ebrahimi Mamaghani, Mehrangiz ^b   Jafarabadi, Mohammad Asghari ^c   Mousavi Jazayeri, Seyed Mohammad Hosein ^a   Mohtadinia, Javad ^a  

^a TABRIZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b TABRIZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c TABRIZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

anthropometric indices; Atherosclerosis; Carotid arteries; Cut off values; ROC analysis

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALGORITHM; ARTERIAL WALL THICKNESS; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; IRAN; MIDDLE AGED; MORPHOMETRICS; OBESITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RISK; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALGORITHMS; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; BODY WEIGHTS AND MEASURES; CAROTID INTIMA-MEDIA THICKNESS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRAN; MIDDLE AGED; OVERWEIGHT; RISK; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84861438735     PISSN: 09647058     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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