Neck circumference: A useful screening tool of cardiovascular risk in children

Pediatric Obesity

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 187-195

  Androutsos, Odysseas ^a,b   Grammatikaki, E ^b   Moschonis, G ^b   Roma Giannikou, E ^a   Chrousos, G P ^a   Manios, Y ^b   Kanaka Gantenbein, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b HAROKOPIO UNIVERSITY   (Greece)

Author keywords

Anthropometric indices; Cardiovascular risk factors; Children; Insulin resistance; Neck circumference

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; GLUCOSE; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; INSULIN; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADOLESCENT; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHILD; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DIET RESTRICTION; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HIP CIRCUMFERENCE; HUMAN; INSULIN BLOOD LEVEL; INSULIN RESISTANCE; INSULIN SENSITIVITY; MALE; NECK CIRCUMFERENCE; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBERTY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCHOOL CHILD; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

EID: 84863464225     PISSN: 20476310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.2047-6310.2012.00052.x     Document Type: Article

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