Sagittal abdominal diameter shows better correlation with cardiovascular risk factors than waist circumference and BMI

Journal of Diabetes and Metabolic Disorders

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  de Souza, Natalia Cavalheri ^a   de Oliveira, Erick Prado ^b  

^a PAULISTA UNIVERSITY   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF UBERLÂNDIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Blood pressure; Dyslipidemia; Glycemia; Sagittal abdominal diameter; Waist circumference

Indexed keywords

HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ABDOMINAL FAT; ADULT; AGED; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; EXPLORATORY RESEARCH; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; MALE; SAGITTAL ABDOMINAL DIAMETER; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; ABDOMINAL OBESITY; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTERIAL PRESSURE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; GLUCOSE INTOLERANCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OBESITY; RISK FACTOR; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL; VERY ELDERLY;

EID: 84882701854     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22516581     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/2251-6581-12-41     Document Type: Article

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