Visceral adiposity and the prevalence of hypertension in Japanese Americans

Circulation

Volumn 108, Issue 14, 2003, Pages 1718-1723

  Hayashi, Tomoshige ^a,b   Boyko, Edward J ^a,b,c   Leonetti, Donna L ^b   McNeely, Marguerite J ^b   Newell Morris, Laura ^b   Kahn, Steven E ^b   Fujimoto, Wilfred Y ^b  

^a Epidemiologic Res and Info Center   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c VA PUGET SOUND HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Hypertension; Obesity; Risk factors; Visceral fat

Indexed keywords

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; INSULIN; ORAL ANTIDIABETIC AGENT;

ABDOMEN; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; ASIAN AMERICAN; BODY MASS; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; GENDER; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEAD CIRCUMFERENCE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; IMPAIRED GLUCOSE TOLERANCE; INSULIN BLOOD LEVEL; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; MINORITY GROUP; NONLINEAR SYSTEM; OBESITY; ORAL GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; PREDICTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SUBCUTANEOUS FAT; THIGH; THORAX PRESSURE;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; UNITED STATES; VISCERA;

EID: 0141954177     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.CIR.0000087597.59169.8D     Document Type: Article

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