Comparison of measures of adiposity in identifying cardiovascular disease risk among ethiopian adults

Obesity

Volumn 20, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1887-1895

  Wai, Wint S ^a   Dhami, Ranjodh S ^a   Gelaye, Bizu ^a   Girma, Belaineh ^b   Lemma, Seblewengel ^b   Berhane, Yemane ^b   Bekele, Tamrat ^c   Khali, Atsede ^c   Williams, Michelle A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b ADDIS CONTINENTAL INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Ethiopia)

^c International Clinical Laboratories   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; LIPID;

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; RISK FACTOR; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; WAIST HIP RATIO; WAIST TO HEIGHT RATIO;

ADIPOSITY; ADULT; ALCOHOL DRINKING; BLOOD GLUCOSE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS INDEX; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ETHIOPIA; FASTING; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; ROC CURVE; SEDENTARY LIFESTYLE; SEX FACTORS; SMOKING; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; WAIST-HIP RATIO; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84865617523     PISSN: 19307381     EISSN: 1930739X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/oby.2011.103     Document Type: Article

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