Differing patterns of overweight and obesity among black men and women in Cape Town: The CRIBSA study

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 9, 2014, Pages

  Peer, Nasheeta ^a   Lombard, Carl ^a   Steyn, Krisela ^b   Gwebushe, Nomonde ^a   Levitt, Naomi ^b  

^a SOUTH AFRICAN MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BLACK PERSON; BODY MASS; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMPLOYMENT STATUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING; SOUTH AFRICA; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; BLOOD; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; COMPLICATION; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADULT; AGED; BODY MASS INDEX; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CHOLESTEROL, LDL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84907164589     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0107471     Document Type: Article

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