A proposal for the cutoff point of waist circumference for the diagnosis of metabolic syndrome in the Japanese population

Diabetes Care

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1123-1124

  Hara, Kazuo ^a,b,c   Matsushita, Yumi ^a,c   Horikoshi, Momoko ^a   Yoshiike, Nobuo ^c   Yokoyama, Tetsuji ^d   Tanaka, Heizo ^e   Kadowaki, Takashi ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HEALTH AND NUTRITION   (Japan)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Japan)

^e Seitoku College   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; JAPAN; LIPOPROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; OBESITY; POPULATION; RISK FACTOR; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

EID: 33746338594     PISSN: 01495992     EISSN: 01495992     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2337/dc05-2540     Document Type: Article

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