Threshold values of visceral fat and waist girth in Japanese obese children

Pediatrics International

Volumn 47, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 498-504

  Asayama, Kohtaro ^a   Hayashibe, Hidemasa ^b   Endo, Akira ^c   Okada, Tomoo ^d   Hara, Mitsuhiko ^e   Masuda, Hidenari ^f   Sugihara, Shigetaka ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OCCUPATIONAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF YAMANASHI   (Japan)

^c SHOWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d NIHON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^e TOKYO METROPOLITAN HIROO HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^f MIE NATIONAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^g TOKYO WOMEN'S MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Child; Metabolic syndrome; Obesity; Visceral adipose tissue

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; INSULIN; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADOLESCENT; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; BODY FAT DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INSULIN BLOOD LEVEL; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; LIPID STORAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ALANINE TRANSAMINASE; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INSULIN; INTRA-ABDOMINAL FAT; MALE; OBESITY; ROC CURVE; TRIGLYCERIDES; WAIST-HIP RATIO;

EID: 29144449361     PISSN: 13288067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-200x.2005.02117.x     Document Type: Article

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