Anthropometric indices and their relationship with cardiometabolic risk factors in a sample of Turkish adults

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CAN A. S., Bersot T. P., Goenen M.

PUBLIC HEALTH NUTRITION, vol.12, no.4, pp.538-546, 2009 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 12 Issue: 4
  • Publication Date: 2009
  • Doi Number: 10.1017/s1368980008002474
  • Journal Name: PUBLIC HEALTH NUTRITION
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.538-546
  • Keywords: Anthropometry, Waistheight ratio, Cardiovascular risk factors, BODY-MASS INDEX, CORONARY-HEART-DISEASE, ALL-CAUSE MORTALITY, WAIST-HIP RATIO, VISCERAL ADIPOSE-TISSUE, METABOLIC SYNDROME, CARDIOVASCULAR RISK, THIGH CIRCUMFERENCES, CHOLESTEROL LEVELS, ARTERY-DISEASE
  • Hacettepe University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

Objective: To identify the best anthropometric index that predicts cardiometabolic risk factors.