Obesity and cardiovascular risk factors among men and women aged 40 years and older in a rural area of Japan

Journal of Physiological Anthropology

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 371-375

  Aoyagi, Kiyoshi ^a   Kusano, Yosuke ^b   Takamura, Noboru ^a   Abe, Yasuyo ^a   Osaki, Makoto ^a   Une, Hiroshi ^c  

^a NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Nagasaki Wesleyan University

^c FUKUOKA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Body mass index; Diabetes; Dyslipidemia; Hypertension; Japanese; Obesity; Waist circumference

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DYSLIPIDEMIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; RURAL POPULATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADULT; AGED; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; DIABETES MELLITUS; DYSLIPIDEMIAS; FEMALE; HUMANS; JAPAN; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; RURAL POPULATION; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 33846976145     PISSN: 18806791     EISSN: 18806805     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2114/jpa2.25.371     Document Type: Article

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