Body adiposity index as a risk factor for the metabolic syndrome in postmenopausal Caucasian, African American, and Filipina women

Diabetes and Metabolic Syndrome: Clinical Research and Reviews

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 108-113

  Djibo, Djeneba Audrey ^a   Araneta, Maria Rosario G ^b   Kritz Silverstein, Donna ^b   Barrett Connor, Elizabeth ^b   Wooten, Wilma ^c  

^a SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA COOPERATIVE EXTENSION   (United States)

Author keywords

Adiposity; BAI; Ethnic differences; Metabolic syndrome; Postmenopausal women

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN; GLUCOSE;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGE; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; BODY ADIPOSITY INDEX; BODY FAT; BODY MASS; BODY SIZE; CAUCASIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FILIPINO (PEOPLE); GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL DIABETES FEDERATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL HISTORY; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; NATIONAL CHOLESTEROL EDUCATION PROGRAM; POSTMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; ADIPOSE TISSUE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPLICATION; ETHNOLOGY; FOLLOW UP; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHILIPPINES; PHOTON ABSORPTIOMETRY; PROGNOSIS;

ABSORPTIOMETRY, PHOTON; ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADIPOSITY; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; BODY MASS INDEX; COHORT STUDIES; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PHILIPPINES; POSTMENOPAUSE; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84929032462     PISSN: 18714021     EISSN: 18780334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dsx.2014.04.011     Document Type: Article

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