Abdominal obesity and its association with health-related quality of life in adults: A population-based study in five Chinese cities

Health and Quality of Life Outcomes

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Wu, Shunquan ^a   Wang, Rui ^a   Jiang, An ^a   Ding, Yingying ^a   Wu, Meijing ^a   Ma, Xiuqiang ^a   Zhao, Yanfang ^a   He, Jia ^a  

^a SECOND MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Abdominal obesity; Health related quality of life; Waist circumference; Waist to hip ratio

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL OBESITY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHINESE; CHRONIC DISEASE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HIP CIRCUMFERENCE; HUMAN; INCOME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; MENTAL HEALTH; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; QUALITY OF LIFE; SHORT FORM 36; SMOKING; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; WAIST HIP RATIO;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHINA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY, ABDOMINAL; PREVALENCE; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84902056486     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14777525     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1477-7525-12-100     Document Type: Article

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