Amerindians normalized waist circumference and obesity diagnosis standarized by biochemical and HLA data

Molecular Biology Reports

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 4875-4878

  Arnaiz Villena, Antonio ^a   Fernández Honrado, Mercedes ^a   Areces, Cristina ^a   Arribas, Ignacio ^b   Coca, Carmen ^b   Enriquez De Salamanca, Mercedes ^a   Parga Lozano, Carlos ^a   Abd El Fatah, Sedeka ^a   Rey, Diego ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO PRÍNCIPE DE ASTURIAS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Amerindian; Cholesterol; HLA; Metabolic syndrome; Obesity; Waist circumference

Indexed keywords

HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; HLA ANTIGEN;

ABDOMINAL OBESITY; AMERICAN INDIAN; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; BIOCHEMICAL COMPOSITION; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HLA SYSTEM; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; PREDICTIVE VALIDITY; PROCESS OPTIMIZATION; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SENSIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STANDARDIZATION; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; ADULT; HEALTH; IMMUNOLOGY; OBESITY; SPAIN; STANDARD;

ADULT; FEMALE; HEALTH; HLA ANTIGENS; HUMANS; INDIANS, SOUTH AMERICAN; MALE; OBESITY; REFERENCE STANDARDS; ROC CURVE; SPAIN; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

EID: 84863103595     PISSN: 03014851     EISSN: 15734978     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11033-011-1282-4     Document Type: Article

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