Central obesity and health-related factors among middle-aged men: A comparison among native Japanese and Japanese-Brazilians residing in Brazil and Japan

Journal of Physiological Anthropology

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 339-347

  Schwingel, Andiara ^a   Nakata, Yoshio ^a   Ito, Lucy S ^b,c   Chodzko Zajko, Wojtek J ^d   Erb, Christopher T ^d   Shigematsu, Ryosuke ^e   Oba Shinjo, Sueli M ^b   Matsuo, Tomoaki ^a   Shinjo, Samuel K ^c   Uno, Miyuki ^b   Marie, Suely K N ^b   Tanaka, Kiyoji ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c Japanese Brazilian Health Professional Volunteer Group   (Brazil)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^e MIE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Central obesity; Coronary risk factor; Cultural environment; Immigration; Japanese Brazilian; Lifestyle

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASIAN; BLOOD; BRAZIL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CULTURAL FACTOR; DIET; ETHNOLOGY; GENETICS; HUMAN; JAPAN; LIFESTYLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRATION; OBESITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR;

ADULT; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BRAZIL; CHOLESTEROL; CHOLESTEROL, HDL; CHOLESTEROL, LDL; CORONARY DISEASE; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; DIET; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; HUMANS; JAPAN; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 34547633267     PISSN: 18806791     EISSN: 18806805     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2114/jpa2.26.339     Document Type: Article

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