High Frequency of Cardiovascular Risk Factors in Overweight Adult Japanese Subjects

Archives of Medical Research

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 337-344

  Yang, Jian jun ^a,c   Shiwaku, Kuninori ^a,b   Nabika, Toru ^a,b   Masuda, Junichi ^a,b   Kobayashi, Shotai ^a,b  

^a SHIMANE UNIVERSITY FACULTY OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b Shimane Institute of Health Science   (Japan)

^c NINGXIA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

BMI; Dyslipidemia; Steatohepatitis

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; URIC ACID;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD CELL COUNT; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; HUMAN; JAPANESE; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PRESCRIPTION; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ADULT; AGED; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OVERWEIGHT; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 33847751462     PISSN: 01884409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.arcmed.2006.10.014     Document Type: Article

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