Erratum : Identification of obesity and cardiovascular risk in ethnically and racially diverse populations: A scientific statement from the American Heart Association (Circulation (2015), 132, (457-472)) doi: 10.1161/CIR.0000000000000223;Identification of obesity and cardiovascular risk in ethnically and racially diverse populations: A scientific statement from the American Heart Association

Circulation

Volumn 132, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 457-472

  Rao, Goutham ^a   Powell Wiley, Tiffany M ^a   Ancheta, Irma ^a   Hairston, Kristen ^a   Kirley, Katherine ^a   Lear, Scott A ^a   North, Kari E ^a   Palaniappan, Latha ^a   Rosal, Milagros C ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

African Continental Ancestry Group; AHA Scientific Statements; Asian Americans; body mass index; cardiovascular diseases; Hispanic Americans; obesity; waist circumference

Indexed keywords

AIR DISPLACEMENT PLETHYSMOGRAPHY; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; ASIAN; BIOELECTRICAL IMPEDANCE ANALYSIS; BLACK PERSON; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CAUCASIAN; CHINESE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; ECHOGRAPHY; ETHNICITY; FILIPINO (PEOPLE); FRAMINGHAM RISK SCORE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; IMPEDANCE; INDIAN; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MINORITY GROUP; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OBESITY; PLETHYSMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; WAIST HIP RATIO; WAIST TO HEIGHT RATIO; ANCESTRY GROUP; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; COMPLICATION; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HISPANIC; MALE; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; UNITED STATES;

AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BODY MASS INDEX; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; MALE; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; UNITED STATES; WAIST-HIP RATIO;

EID: 84939521026     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: 15244539     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIR.0000000000000291     Document Type: Erratum

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