Weight excess and abdominal fat in the metabolic syndrome among Japanese-Brazilians

Revista de Saude Publica

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 4-11

  Lerario, Daniel D G ^a   Gimeno, Suely G ^a   Franco, Laércio J ^a   Iunes, Magid ^a   Ferreira, Sandra R G ^a   Hirai, A T ^a   Osiro, K ^a   Iochida, L C ^a   Matsumura, L K ^a   Moises R S ^a   Kikuchi, M ^a   Cardoso, M A ^a   Tomita, N ^a   Chaim, R ^a   Wakisaka, K ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Central adiposity; Abdome; Anthropometry; Blood pressure; Body mass index; Body weight and measurement; Hyperlipidemia; Insulin resistance; Migration; Obesity, epidemiology; Prevalence; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ABDOMEN; ADULT; AGED; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BODY MASS; BRAZIL; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIET RESTRICTION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DYSLIPIDEMIA; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INSULIN RESISTANCE; INSULINEMIA; JAPAN; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; LIPID STORAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METABOLIC DISORDER; MIGRATION; OBESITY; ORAL GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; PREVALENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL; BODY CONSTITUTION; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; ETHNOLOGY; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTOR; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SYNDROME;

ABDOMEN; ADULT; AGED; BODY CONSTITUTION; BODY MASS INDEX; BRAZIL; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; DIABETES COMPLICATIONS; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERLIPIDEMIAS; HYPERTENSION; INSULIN RESISTANCE; JAPAN; MALE; METABOLIC DISEASES; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SYNDROME;

EID: 0036010541     PISSN: 00348910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s0034-89102002000100002     Document Type: Article

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