Association between C-reactive protein, anthropometric and lipid parameters among healthy normal weight and overweight postmenopausal women in Montenegro

Lab Medicine

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 12-16

  Klisic, Aleksandra N ^a   Vasiljevic, Nadja D ^b,c   Simic, Tatjana P ^b,d   Djukic, Tatjana I ^b,d   Maksimovic, Milos Z ^b,c   Matic, Marija G ^b,d  

^a Center of Laboratory Diagnostics Primary Health Care Center   (Montenegro)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

^c Institute of Hygiene and Medical Ecology   (Serbia)

^d Institute of Biochemistry   (Serbia)

Author keywords

C reactive protein; Central obesity; Dyslipidemia; Inflammation; Postmenopausal women

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LIPOPROTEIN; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; LIPID;

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MIDDLE AGED; MONTENEGRO (REPUBLIC); OBESITY; POSTMENOPAUSE; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; WEIGHT GAIN; AGED; BLOOD; INFLAMMATION; MENOPAUSE; METABOLISM; NORMAL HUMAN;

AGED; ANTHROPOMETRY; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; FEMALE; HEALTHY VOLUNTEERS; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; LIPIDS; MENOPAUSE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 84900557708     PISSN: 00075027     EISSN: 19437730     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1309/LMI6I2RN7AMPEUUL     Document Type: Article

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