Impact of adiposity on carotid atherosclerosis in Japanese males with metabolic syndrome [1]

Journal of Internal Medicine

Volumn 257, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 311-312

  Murase, Yuko ^a   Asano, A ^a   Kobayashi, J ^a   Yamaaki, N ^a   Mabuchi, H ^a  

^a KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADIPOCYTOKINE; GLUCOSE; HEMOGLOBIN A1C; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; INSULIN; LEPTIN; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ADULT; AGED; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; B SCAN; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASE; CAROTID ATHEROSCLEROSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GLUCOSE METABOLISM; HUMAN; JAPAN; LETTER; LIPID METABOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUBCUTANEOUS FAT; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASES; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; HUMANS; MALE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; MIDDLE AGED; TUNICA INTIMA;

EID: 14844297728     PISSN: 09546820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2796.2004.01438.x     Document Type: Letter

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