Prevalence of metabolic syndrome compared between native Japanese and Japanese-Americans

Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice

Volumn 79, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 518-522

  Yoneda, Masayasu ^a   Yamane, Kiminori ^a   Jitsuiki, Kuniaki ^a   Nakanishi, Shuhei ^a   Kamei, Nozomu ^a   Watanabe, Hiroshi ^a   Kohno, Nobuoki ^a  

^a HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Diagnostic criteria; Lifestyle; Metabolic syndrome; Obesity; Waist circumference

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASIAN AMERICAN; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BODY MASS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; JAPANESE; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ASIAN AMERICANS; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; JAPAN; LIFE STYLE; MALE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 39449133955     PISSN: 01688227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.diabres.2007.10.012     Document Type: Article

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