Waist circumference as a vital sign in cardiology 20 years after its initial publication in the American Journal of Cardiology

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 114, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 320-323

  Després, Jean Pierre ^a,b  

^a LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL;

ABDOMINAL OBESITY; ATHEROGENESIS; CARDIOMETABOLIC RISK; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONFERENCE PAPER; DYSLIPIDEMIA; HUMAN; HYPERINSULINEMIA; HYPERTRIGLYCERIDEMIA; IMPAIRED GLUCOSE TOLERANCE; INTRAABDOMINAL FAT; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VITAL SIGN; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

CARDIOLOGY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; HUMANS; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; PERIODICALS AS TOPIC; UNITED STATES; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

EID: 84903137517     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: 18791913     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2014.04.043     Document Type: Conference Paper

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