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rdf:type |
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lifeskim:mentions |
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pubmed:issue |
10
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pubmed:dateCreated |
1999-11-17
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pubmed:abstractText |
To assess whether four proxy measures of abdominal obesity (waist circumference; waist-to-hip ratio (WHR); waist-to-height ratio and C index, a measure of body shape) were uniformly associated with features of the metabolic syndrome (triglycerides, high density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol, 2-h glucose) in three ethnic groups.
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pubmed:language |
eng
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pubmed:journal |
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pubmed:citationSubset |
IM
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pubmed:chemical |
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pubmed:status |
MEDLINE
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pubmed:month |
Oct
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pubmed:issn |
0742-3071
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pubmed:author |
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pubmed:issnType |
Print
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pubmed:volume |
16
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pubmed:owner |
NLM
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pubmed:authorsComplete |
Y
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pubmed:pagination |
853-60
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pubmed:dateRevised |
2006-11-15
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pubmed:meshHeading |
pubmed-meshheading:10547213-Abdomen,
pubmed-meshheading:10547213-Adult,
pubmed-meshheading:10547213-Alcohol Drinking,
pubmed-meshheading:10547213-Asia,
pubmed-meshheading:10547213-Blood Glucose,
pubmed-meshheading:10547213-Body Constitution,
pubmed-meshheading:10547213-China,
pubmed-meshheading:10547213-Cholesterol, HDL,
pubmed-meshheading:10547213-Ethnic Groups,
pubmed-meshheading:10547213-Europe,
pubmed-meshheading:10547213-Exercise,
pubmed-meshheading:10547213-Female,
pubmed-meshheading:10547213-Glucose Tolerance Test,
pubmed-meshheading:10547213-Humans,
pubmed-meshheading:10547213-Linear Models,
pubmed-meshheading:10547213-Male,
pubmed-meshheading:10547213-Middle Aged,
pubmed-meshheading:10547213-Obesity,
pubmed-meshheading:10547213-Smoking,
pubmed-meshheading:10547213-Triglycerides
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pubmed:year |
1999
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pubmed:articleTitle |
A comparison of proxy measures of abdominal obesity in Chinese, European and South Asian adults.
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pubmed:affiliation |
Department of Epidemiology & Public Health, Human Diabetes & Metabolism Research Centre, University of Newcastle, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK. Sheila.Patel@ncl.ac.uk
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pubmed:publicationType |
Journal Article,
Comparative Study,
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
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