Metabolic cardiovascular risk factors worsen continuously across the spectrum of body mass index in Asian Indians

Indian Heart Journal

Volumn 64, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 236-244

  Gupta, Rajeev ^a   Agrawal, Aachu ^a   Misra, Anoop ^a   Guptha, Soneil ^b   Vikram, Naval K ^c  

^a FORTIS HOSPITAL   (India)

^b Jaipur Heart Watch Foundation   (India)

^c ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular diseases; Hypertension; Low income countries; Metabolic syndrome; Obesitym; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; GLUCOSE; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ABDOMINAL OBESITY; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CARDIOMETABOLIC RISK; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERTENSION; HYPERTRIGLYCERIDEMIA; INDIAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL; URBAN POPULATION; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; WAIST HIP RATIO;

EID: 84870951266     PISSN: 00194832     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0019-4832(12)60079-0     Document Type: Article

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