Neck and waist circumference biomarkers of cardiovascular risk in a cohort of predominantly african-american college students: A preliminary study

Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics

Volumn 114, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 107-116

  Arnold, Thaddeus J ^a   Schweitzer, Amy ^a   Hoffman, Heather J ^a   Onyewu, Chiatogu ^a   Hurtado, Maria Eugenia ^a   Hoffman, Eric P ^a   Klein, Catherine J ^a  

^a CHILDREN'S NATIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

African Americans; Anthropometry; Blood pressure; Body fat; Low density lipoprotein cholesterol

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; INSULIN; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY FAT; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; LOW-DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; MALE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; METABOLISM; OBESITY; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; STUDENT; UNIVERSITY; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; WAIST HIP RATIO; YOUNG ADULT;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; ANTHROPOMETRY; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY FAT; LOW-DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BLOOD GLUCOSE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CHOLESTEROL, HDL; CHOLESTEROL, LDL; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INSULIN; MALE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; STUDENTS; TRIGLYCERIDES; UNIVERSITIES; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; WAIST-HIP RATIO; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84890146161     PISSN: 22122672     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jand.2013.07.005     Document Type: Article

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