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- Title
The association of cardiovascular disease risk factors with abdominal obesity in Canada.
- Authors
Reeder, Bruce A.; Senthilselvan, Ambikaipakan; Després, Jean-Pierre; Angel, Aubie; Liu, Liyan; Wang, Hiyan; Rabkin, Simon W.
- Abstract
The article highlights a study regarding the association of cardiovascular disease risk factors with abdominal obesity in Canada. The simple correlations between anthropometric variables and cardiovascular disease risk variables were highest for systolic blood pressure. Waist circumference is the measure of abdominal obesity most highly correlated with these cardiovascular disease risk factors.
- Publication
Canadian Medical Association Journal (CMAJ), 1997, Vol 157, pS39
- ISSN
0820-3946
- Publication type
Academic Journal