Low socioeconomic status may increase the risk of central obesity in incoming university students in Taiwan

Obesity Research and Clinical Practice

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2014, Pages

  Chao, Chi Yuan ^a   Shih, Chi Chen ^b   Wang, Chi Jen ^c   Wu, Jin Shang ^b,c   Lu, Feng Hwa ^b,c   Chang, Chih Jen ^b,c   Yang, Yi Ching ^b,c  

^a MIN SHENG GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Central obesity; Socioeconomic status

Indexed keywords

INDICATOR;

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CHILDHOOD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; EDUCATION; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; GENDER; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INCOME; LABORATORY; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OBESITY; OCCUPATION; PARENT; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICE; SOCIAL STATUS; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE; TAIWAN; UNIVERSITY STUDENT; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; BLOOD PRESSURE; COMPLICATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; OBESITY, ABDOMINAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; STUDENT; UNIVERSITY; YOUNG ADULT;

BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS INDEX; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; INCOME; MALE; OBESITY, ABDOMINAL; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICES; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STUDENTS; TAIWAN; UNIVERSITIES; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84900506364     PISSN: 1871403X     EISSN: 18780318     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.orcp.2012.07.002     Document Type: Article

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