Waist-to-height ratio as a screening measure for identifying adolescents with hypertriglyceridemic waist phenotype

Journal of Pediatric Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 28, Issue 9-10, 2015, Pages 1079-1083

  Liu, Xiao Li ^a   Yin, Fu Zai ^a   Ma, Chun Peng ^a   Gao, Guo Qin ^a   Ma, Chun Ming ^a   Wang, Rui ^a   Lu, Qiang ^a  

^a HEBEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

adolescents; hypertriglyceridemic waist phenotype; obesity; waist circumference; waist to height ratio

Indexed keywords

TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ABDOMINAL OBESITY; ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT DISEASE; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HAN CHINESE; HUMAN; HYPERTRIGLYCERIDEMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHENOTYPE; POPULATION RESEARCH; SCREENING TEST; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; WAIST TO HEIGHT RATIO; BODY MASS; HYPERTRIGLYCERIDEMIC WAIST; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RISK;

ADOLESCENT; BODY MASS INDEX; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTRIGLYCERIDEMIA; HYPERTRIGLYCERIDEMIC WAIST; MALE; PHENOTYPE; RISK; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; WAIST-HEIGHT RATIO;

EID: 84941066217     PISSN: 0334018X     EISSN: 21910251     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/jpem-2015-0043     Document Type: Article

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