Entering a new era of body indices: The feasibility of a body shape index and body roundness index to identify cardiovascular health status

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 69-

  Maessen, Martijn F H ^a   Eijsvogels, Thijs M H ^a,b   Verheggen, Rebecca J H M ^a   Hopman, Maria T E ^a   Verbeek, André L M ^a   De Vegt, Femmie ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b HARTFORD HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY ROUNDNESS INDEX; BODY SHAPE INDEX; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; DUTCHMAN; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; PREDICTION; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX; SMOKING; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; WEIGHT, MASS AND SIZE; ANTHROPOMETRY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; HEALTH SURVEY; ODDS RATIO; RISK FACTOR;

ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY MASS INDEX; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; ODDS RATIO; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

EID: 84907205482     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0107212     Document Type: Article

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