Visceral fat is a major contributor for multiple risk factor clustering in Japanese men with impaired glucose tolerance

Diabetes Care

Volumn 24, Issue 12, 2001, Pages 2127-2133

  Nagaretani, Hiroyuki ^a   Nakamura, Tadashi ^a,e   Funahashi, Tohru ^a   Kotani, Kazuaki ^b   Miyanaga, Minoru ^c   Tokunaga, Katsuto ^d   Takahashi, Masahiko ^a   Nishizawa, Hitoshi ^a   Kishida, Ken ^a   Kuriyama, Hiroshi ^a   Hotta, Kikuko ^a   Yamashita, Shizuya ^a   Matsuzawa, Yuji ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Osaka Health Club Clinic   (Japan)

^c Senri Life Science Center Clinic   (Japan)

^d Itami Municipal Hospital   (Japan)

^e OSAKA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INSULIN; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY COMPOSITION; DIET RESTRICTION; GLUCOSE INTOLERANCE; GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; HYPERTENSION; INSULIN RESISTANCE; MALE; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL MODEL; VISCERA;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY COMPOSITION; FASTING; GLUCOSE INTOLERANCE; GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; HYPERTENSION; INSULIN; INSULIN RESISTANCE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; RISK FACTORS; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; TRIGLYCERIDES; VISCERA;

EID: 0035650934     PISSN: 01495992     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2337/diacare.24.12.2127     Document Type: Article

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