Body size and abnormal lipids among adult patients at the Baptist medical centre, Ogbomoso, Nigeria

African Health Sciences

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 32-37

  Amole, Isaac Olusayo ^a   OlaOlorun, D A ^a   Odeigah, O L ^b  

^a Bowen University Bowen University Teaching Hospital   (Nigeria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILORIN   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Blood lipid level; Body mass index; Obesity

Indexed keywords

LIPID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CALORIC INTAKE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; NIGERIA; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEDENTARY LIFESTYLE;

EID: 84876207247     PISSN: 16806905     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4314/ahs.v13i1.5     Document Type: Article

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