Piece of string can assess cardiovascular risk, study finds

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 350, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Wise, Jacqui ^a  

^a NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; HEMOGLOBIN A1C;

BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; HEALTH SURVEY; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; NOTE; POPULATION RISK; PREDICTION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; UNITED KINGDOM; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; WAIST TO HEIGHT RATIO; BODY HEIGHT; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; RISK FACTOR;

BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS INDEX; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; HUMANS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

EID: 84930656436     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.h2434     Document Type: Note

References (1)

1. Gibson S, Ashwell M. 'Non-overweight apples" have higher cardiometabolic risk factors than 'overweight pears": waist to height ratio is a better screening tool than BMI for plasma cholesterol and glycated haemoglobin. http://easo.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/ECO2015SATPRESSABSTRACTS.pdf.