Differentiating the associations of waist circumference and body mass index with cardiovascular disease risk in a Chinese population

Asia-Pacific Journal of Public Health

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2015, Pages NP457-NP467

  Li, Rui ^a   Shi, Liang ^a   Jia, Jian ^b   Li, Yanyun ^a   Yang, Qundi ^a   Ruan, Ye ^a   Chen, Renjie ^c   Kan, Haidong ^c  

^a SHANGHAI MUNICIPAL CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (China)

^b Baoshan Center for Disease Control and Prevention   (China)

^c FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

body mass index; diabetes mellitus; obesity; waist circumference

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; LIPID;

ADULT; AGED; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BLOOD; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CHINA; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MALE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; ODDS RATIO; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

ADULT; AGED; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BLOOD GLUCOSE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS INDEX; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CHINA; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; LIPIDS; MALE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; ODDS RATIO; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

EID: 84926379245     PISSN: 10105395     EISSN: 19412479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1010539512465306     Document Type: Article

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