Emergence of cardiovascular risk factors from mild obesity in Japanese elementary school children

Diabetes Care

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1408-1410

  Yoshinaga, Masao ^a   Sameshima, Koji ^b   Jougasaki, Michihisa ^a   Yoshikawa, Hideki ^a   Tanaka, Yuji ^a   Hashiguchi, Jun ^b   Tahara, Hirofumi ^b   Ichiki, Takeo ^b   Shimizu, Shinichiro ^b   Nakamura, Kazuhiko ^a  

^a NATIONAL HOSPITAL ORGANIZATION KAGOSHIMA MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

^b Kagoshima City Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELEMENTARY STUDENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; INSULIN RESISTANCE; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE;

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; OBESITY; REFERENCE VALUES;

EID: 33746403321     PISSN: 01495992     EISSN: 01495992     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2337/dc06-2538     Document Type: Article

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