Appropriate waist: Circumference cutoff values for persons with multiple cardiovascular risk factors in Japan: A large cross-sectional study

Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 37-42

  Narisawa, Sachiko ^a   Nakamura, Kazutoshi ^b   Kato, Kiminori ^b   Yamada, Kazumi ^c   Sasaki, Juei ^c   Yamamoto, Masaharu ^b  

^a NIIGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NIIGATA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICAL AND DENTAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^c Niigata Medical Association   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cross sectional studies; Japan; Metabolic syndrome X; Risk factors; ROC Curve

Indexed keywords

LIPID;

ADULT; AGED; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CLASSIFICATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; JAPAN; MALE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; REFERENCE VALUE; RISK FACTOR; ROC CURVE; WAIST HIP RATIO;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY MASS INDEX; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; JAPAN; LIPIDS; MALE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; REFERENCE VALUES; RISK FACTORS; ROC CURVE; WAIST-HIP RATIO;

EID: 43049100817     PISSN: 09175040     EISSN: 13499092     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2188/jea.18.37     Document Type: Article

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