Identification of Obesity and Cardiovascular Risk in Ethnically and Racially Diverse Populations: A Scientific Statement From the American Heart Association

Circulation. 2015 Aug 4;132(5):457-72. doi: 10.1161/CIR.0000000000000223. Epub 2015 Jul 6.
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Keywords: AHA Scientific Statements; African Continental Ancestry Group; Asian Americans; Hispanic Americans; body mass index; cardiovascular diseases; obesity; waist circumference.

Publication types

  • Congress

MeSH terms

  • American Heart Association*
  • Asian People
  • Black People
  • Body Mass Index
  • Cardiovascular Diseases / epidemiology*
  • Cardiovascular Diseases / ethnology*
  • Female
  • Hispanic or Latino
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Obesity / complications*
  • Obesity / diagnosis
  • Obesity / ethnology*
  • Prevalence
  • Racial Groups / ethnology*
  • Risk Factors
  • United States / epidemiology
  • Waist-Hip Ratio