Prevalence of metabolic syndrome and optimal waist circumference cut-off values in Japan

Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice

Volumn 78, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 77-84

  Nishimura, Rimei ^a,b   Nakagami, Tomoko ^c   Tominaga, Makoto ^d   Yoshiike, Nobuo ^e   Tajima, Naoko ^a  

^a JIKEI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH GRADUATE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c TOKYO WOMEN'S MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d YAMAGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Diagnostic criteria; Metabolic syndrome; Prevalence; Waist circumference

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYSLIPIDEMIA; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; SEX RATIO; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

ADULT; AGED; BODY SIZE; DYSLIPIDEMIAS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; HYPERGLYCEMIA; JAPAN; MALE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; REFERENCE VALUES;

EID: 34548312515     PISSN: 01688227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.diabres.2007.02.015     Document Type: Article

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