Association between waist-to-height ratio and metabolic risk factors in Korean adults with normal body mass index and waist circumference

Tohoku Journal of Experimental Medicine

Volumn 228, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 1-8

  Park, Yong Soon ^a   Kim, Jun Su ^b  

^a Sungkyunkwan University   (South Korea)

^b Inje University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Body mass index; Metabolic syndrome; Risk factors; Waist circumference; Waist to height ratio

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; KOREAN; MALE; MENOPAUSE; METABOLIC RISK FACTOR; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PREVALENCE; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; WAIST HIP RATIO; WALKING;

ADULT; AGED; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS INDEX; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; ODDS RATIO; PREVALENCE; REPUBLIC OF KOREA; RISK FACTORS; ROC CURVE; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84867871885     PISSN: 00408727     EISSN: 13493329     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1620/tjem.228.1     Document Type: Article

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