Body mass index and primary chronic venous disease-A cross-sectional study

European Journal of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 293-298

  Vlajinac, H D ^a   Marinkovic, J M ^a   Maksimovic, M Z ^a   Matic, P A ^b   Radak, D J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

^b Dedinje Cardiovascular Institute   (Serbia)

Author keywords

Chronic venous disease; Epidemiology; Obesity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SERBIA; VARICOSIS; VEIN DISEASE; VEIN OCCLUSION; VENOUS REFLUX;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; CHRONIC DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OVERWEIGHT; RISK FACTORS; SERBIA; VASCULAR DISEASES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84874546573     PISSN: 10785884     EISSN: 15322165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejvs.2012.12.011     Document Type: Article

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