Neck circumference is correlated with triglycerides and inversely related with HDL cholesterol beyond BMI and waist circumference

Diabetes/Metabolism Research and Reviews

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 90-97

  Vallianou, Natalia G ^a   Evangelopoulos, Angelos A ^a   Bountziouka, Vassiliki ^b   Vogiatzakis, Evangelos D ^a   Bonou, Maria S ^a   Barbetseas, John ^a   Avgerinos, Petros C ^a   Panagiotakos, Demosthenes B ^b  

^a IASO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^b HAROKOPIO UNIVERSITY   (Greece)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Cardiometabolic risk; Neck circumference; Obesity

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CYSTATIN C; GLUCOSE; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; URIC ACID;

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BIOCHEMISTRY; BODY MASS; CARDIOMETABOLIC RISK; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET; DIET RESTRICTION; DYSLIPIDEMIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; NECK CIRCUMFERENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTHROPOMETRY; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY SIZE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CHOLESTEROL, HDL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NECK; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; TRIGLYCERIDES; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

EID: 84872248993     PISSN: 15207552     EISSN: 15207560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dmrr.2369     Document Type: Article

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