Association of waist circumference, body mass index and conicity index with cardiovascular risk factors in postmenopausal women

Cardiovascular Journal of Africa

Volumn 23, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 442-445

  Shidfar, Farzad ^a   Alborzi, Fatemeh ^a   Salehi, Maryam ^a   Nojomi, Marzieh ^a  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Body mass index; Cardiovascular risk factors; Conicity index; Waist circumference

Indexed keywords

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

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DIET RESTRICTION; DYSLIPIDEMIA; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; IRAN; OBESITY; POSTMENOPAUSE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; WAIST HIP RATIO;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS INDEX; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRAN; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; POSTMENOPAUSE; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

EID: 84867211002     PISSN: 19951892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5830/CVJA-2012-038     Document Type: Article

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