Ethnicity and the association between anthropometric indices of obesity and cardiovascular risk in women: A cross-sectional study

BMJ Open

Volumn 4, Issue 5, 2014, Pages

  Goh, Louise G H ^a   Dhaliwal, Satvinder S ^b   Welborn, Timothy A ^b   Lee, Andy H ^a   Della, Phillip R ^a  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b SIR CHARLES GAIRDNER HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE RISK SCORE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; FRAMINGHAM RISK SCORE; HUMAN; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; OBESITY; POPULATION RISK; PREDICTIVE VALIDITY; PREVALENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; WAIST HIP RATIO; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; COMPLICATION; MIDDLE AGED; TIME FACTOR; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGED; BODY MASS INDEX; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; WAIST-HIP RATIO; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84901423095     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20446055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2013-004702     Document Type: Article

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