Adiposity measures and their relationship with metabolic risk factors for coronary heart disease in Bengalee Hindu men of Kolkata, India

Anthropological Science

Volumn 112, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 115-119

  Ghosh, Arnab ^a   Bose, Kaushik ^b   Chakravarti, Shila ^a   Das Chaudhuri, Asit Baran ^a   Chattopadhyay, Jayanti ^c   Dasgupta, Gautam ^c   Sengupta, Sivaji ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALCUTTA   (India)

^b VIDYASAGAR UNIVERSITY   (India)

^c BR Singh Hosp   (India)

Author keywords

Bengalee men; Body mass index; Central obesity; Coronary heart disease; Metabolic variables

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; GLUCOSE; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; VERY LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; VERY LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; INDIA; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METABOLISM; OBESITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR;

EID: 9144250315     PISSN: 09187960     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1537/ase.00093     Document Type: Article

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