Low prevalence of metabolic syndrome and its components in rural Japan

Tohoku Journal of Experimental Medicine

Volumn 216, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 69-75

  Morimoto, Aya ^a   Nishimura, Rimei ^a,b   Suzuki, Naho ^a   Matsudaira, Toru ^a   Taki, Kentaro ^a   Tsujino, Daisuke ^a   Miyashita, Yumi ^a   Ebara, Futoshi ^a,c   Ishikawa, Shinichiro ^c   Tajima, Naoko ^a  

^a JIKEI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

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

^c Department of Internal Medicine   (Japan)

Author keywords

Japanese; Metabolic syndrome; Obesity; Risk factors; Rural area

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN A1C; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LIPID; GLYCOSYLATED HEMOGLOBIN; HEMOGLOBIN A1C PROTEIN, HUMAN;

ADULT; AGED; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DYSLIPIDEMIA; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; OBESITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PREVALENCE; RURAL AREA; SEX RATIO; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; MIDDLE AGED; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; RICE; RURAL POPULATION;

ADULT; AGED; AGRICULTURAL WORKERS' DISEASES; BODY MASS INDEX; CHOLESTEROL, HDL; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; FEMALE; FOOD HABITS; HEMOGLOBIN A, GLYCOSYLATED; HUMANS; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERTENSION; JAPAN; MALE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; ORYZA SATIVA; PREVALENCE; RURAL POPULATION;

EID: 54049098853     PISSN: 00408727     EISSN: 13493329     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1620/tjem.216.69     Document Type: Article

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