Cardiovascular Disease
Enlarged waist and high triglyceride levels predict CVD risk in older women
Published in Obesity and Diabetes Week, June 13th, 2005
"Upward trends of obesity urge more effective identification of those at cardiovascular risk. A simple dichotomous indicator, enlarged waist ({{>=}}88 cm) combined with elevated triglycerides ({{>=}}1.45 mmol/L) (EWET), was shown to offer advantages in identifying individuals with atherogenic 'lipid overaccumulation' compared with other indicators, including the metabolic syndrome defined by the National Cholesterol Education Program (MS-NCEP)," wrote L.B. Tanko and colleagues, Center for...
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