Low predictability of anthropometric indicators of obesity in metabolic syndrome (MS) risks among elderly women

Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 718-723

  Chu, Fu Ling ^a,d   Hsu, Chung Huei ^b,c   Jeng, Chii ^d  

^a CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^b TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^d TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Elderly women; Metabolic syndrome; Obesity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CARDIOMETABOLIC RISK; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENOPAUSE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; POSTMENOPAUSE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; WAIST HIP RATIO; WAIST TO HEIGHT RATIO;

ADULT; AGED; ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY MASS INDEX; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREVALENCE; RECOVERIN; RISK; ROC CURVE; TAIWAN; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

EID: 84865640589     PISSN: 01674943     EISSN: 18726976     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.archger.2012.02.005     Document Type: Article

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