Sagittal abdominal diameter to triceps skinfold thickness ratio: A novel anthropometric index to predict premature coronary atherosclerosis

Atherosclerosis

Volumn 227, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 329-333

  Vasheghani Farahani, Ali ^a   Majidzadeh A, Keivan ^b   Masoudkabir, Farzad ^b,e   Karbalai, Shahrokh ^c   Koleini, Maryam ^d   Aiatollahzade Esfahani, Farah ^e   Pashang, Mina ^e   Hakki, Elham ^e  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b AJA UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^d TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^e TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Anthropometry; Atherosclerosis; Metabolic syndrome; Obesity; Premature coronary artery disease

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GENSINI SCORE; HIP CIRCUMFERENCE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; OBESITY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; SAGITTAL ABDOMINAL DIAMETER; SAGITTAL ABDOMINAL DIAMETER TO TRICEPS SKINFOLD THICKNESS RATIO; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; TRICEPS SKINFOLD THICKNESS; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; WAIST HIP RATIO;

ABDOMINAL FAT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY MASS INDEX; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEX FACTORS; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; WAIST-HIP RATIO;

EID: 84875055189     PISSN: 00219150     EISSN: 18791484     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2013.01.033     Document Type: Article

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