The relation between visceral adipose tissue accumulation and biochemical tests in university students

Acta Medica Okayama

Volumn 59, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 129-134

  Miyatake, Nobuyuki ^a   Kogashiwa, Michiko ^b   Wang, Da Hong ^c   Kira, Shohei ^c   Yamasato, Teruhiro ^b   Fujii, Masafumi ^a  

^a Okayama Southern Institute of Health   (Japan)

^b Okayama Gakuin University   (Japan)

^c OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Japanese university students; Lifestyle related disease; Visceral adipose tissue

Indexed keywords

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY MASS; BODY SIZE; ENZYMOLOGY; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; JAPAN; LIVER; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; STATISTICS; STUDENT; VISCERA;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; BLOOD CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY SIZE; FEMALE; HUMANS; JAPAN; LIVER; MALE; STATISTICS; STUDENTS; VISCERA;

EID: 25144518279     PISSN: 0386300X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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