Abstract
University Hospital of Wales, Heath Park, Cardiff, UK Correspondence to Paul M. Underwood, Specialist Registrar in Diabetes, Endocrinology and Internal Medicine, University Hospital of Wales, Heath Park, Cardiff CF14 4XW, UK Tel: +44 29 20 74 2344; fax: +44 29 20 74 4581; e-mail: [email protected] Abbreviations ET: elevated (fasting) triglycerides EW: elevated waist
Keywords
WaistMetabolic syndromeMedicineDiabetes mellitusGerontologyFamily medicineInternal medicineObesityEndocrinology
MeSH Terms
Body ConstitutionBody Mass IndexCardiovascular DiseasesFemaleHumansHypertriglyceridemiaMaleModelsTheoreticalPhenotype
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Paul Underwood
(2004).
Cardiovascular risk, the metabolic syndrome and the hypertriglyceridaemic waist.
Current Opinion in Lipidology
, 15
(4)
, 495-497.
https://doi.org/10.1097/01.mol.0000137237.97341.fd
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- 10.1097/01.mol.0000137237.97341.fd
- PMID
- 15243227