Atherogenic index as a predictor of cardiovascular risk among women with different grades of obesity

International Journal of Collaborative Research on Internal Medicine and Public Health

Volumn 4, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1767-1774

  Kanthe, Pallavi S ^a   Patil, Bheemshetty S ^a   Bagali, Shrilaxmi ^a   Deshpande, Anita ^a   Shaikh, Gouhar Banu ^a   Aithala, Manjunatha ^a  

^a BLDE UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Atherogenic index; Body mass index; Lipid profile; Obesity

Indexed keywords

HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; VERY LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATHEROGENIC INDEX; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE MODIFICATION; LIPOPROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; METABOLIC PARAMETERS; OBESITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 84870701187     PISSN: 18404529     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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