Applicability of the visceral adiposity index (VAI) in predicting components of metabolic syndrome in young adults;Aplicabilidad del visceral adiposity index (VAI) en la predicciÓn de componentes del sÍndrome metabÓlico en adultos jÓvenes

Nutricion Hospitalaria

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 806-812

  Schuster, Jéssica ^a   Vogel, Patrícia ^a   Eckhardt, Cristiane ^a   Morelo, Simone Dal Bosco ^a  

^a Laboratory of Acarology   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Abdominal Fat; Metabolic Syndrome; Obesity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; FORECASTING; HUMAN; INTRAABDOMINAL FAT; MALE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FORECASTING; HUMANS; INTRA-ABDOMINAL FAT; MALE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84908686141     PISSN: 02121611     EISSN: 16995198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3305/nh.2014.30.4.7644     Document Type: Article

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