Relationship between waist circumference and supine abdominal height measured at different anatomical sites and cardiometabolic risk factors in older women

Journal of Human Nutrition and Dietetics

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 563-568

  de Almeida Paula, H A ^a   de Cassia Lanes Ribeiro R ^a   de Lima Rosado, L E F P ^a   Abranches, M V ^a   do Carmo Castro Franceschini, S ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF VIÇOSA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Adiposity; Anthropometry; Metabolic syndrome X; Older; Supine abdominal height; Waist circumference

Indexed keywords

ABDOMEN; AGED; ANTHROPOMETRY; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BRAZIL; FEMALE; HUMAN; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; RISK FACTOR; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

ABDOMEN; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTHROPOMETRY; AREA UNDER CURVE; BODY MASS INDEX; BRAZIL; FEMALE; HUMANS; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; ROC CURVE; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

EID: 84870241114     PISSN: 09523871     EISSN: 1365277X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-277X.2012.01267.x     Document Type: Article

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