Body composition and ankle-brachial index in Ghanaians with asymptomatic peripheral arterial disease in a tertiary hospital

BMC Obesity

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Yeboah, Kwame ^a   Puplampu, Peter ^a   Yorke, Ernest ^a   Antwi, Daniel A ^a   Gyan, Ben ^c   Amoah, Albert G B ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GHANA   (Ghana)

^b KORLE BU TEACHING HOSPITAL   (Ghana)

^c University of Ghana   (Ghana)

Author keywords

Ankle brachial index; Diabetes; Ghana; Obesity; Peripheral arterial disease

Indexed keywords

INSULIN;

ADULT; ANKLE BRACHIAL INDEX; ARTICLE; ASYMPTOMATIC DISEASE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY MASS; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PERIPHERAL OCCLUSIVE ARTERY DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; WAIST HIP RATIO; WAIST TO HEIGHT RATIO;

EID: 85019195603     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20529538     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/S40608-016-0107-3     Document Type: Article

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