Comparison of Various Anthropometric and Body Fat Indices in Identifying Cardiometabolic Disturbances in Chinese Men and Women

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 8, 2013, Pages

  Zhang, Zhe qing ^a   Deng, Juan ^a   He, Li ping ^a,b   Ling, Wen hua ^a   Su, Yi xiang ^a   Chen, Yu ming ^a  

^a SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Guangzhou Panyu Central Hospital   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY FAT; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHINESE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DYSLIPIDEMIA; FEMALE; HIP CIRCUMFERENCE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; HYPERURICEMIA; IMPAIRED GLUCOSE TOLERANCE; IMPEDANCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METABOLIC DISORDER; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; OBESITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; WAIST TO HEIGHT RATIO;

ADIPOSITY; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BODY WEIGHTS AND MEASURES; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CHINA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PUBLIC HEALTH SURVEILLANCE;

EID: 84881482338     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0070893     Document Type: Article

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