Abdominal obesity, blood glucose and apolipoprotein B levels are the best predictors of the incidence of hypercholesterolemia (2001–2006) among healthy adults: the ATTICA Study

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Objective</p> <p>In this work we evaluated the 5-year incidence of hypercholesterolemia, in a sample of cardiovascular disease free adult men and women from Greece. We also evaluated the association of several socio-demographic, dietary and lifestyle...

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Main Authors: Papadimitriou Labros, Lentzas Yannis, Skoumas Yannis, Pitsavos Christos, Panagiotakos Demosthenes B, Chrysohoou Christina, Stefanadis Christodoulos
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2008-03-01
Series:Lipids in Health and Disease
Online Access:http://www.lipidworld.com/content/7/1/11