Components of the metabolic syndrome and lifestyle factors in Japanese male workers

Metabolic Syndrome and Related Disorders

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 263-266

  Kawada, Tomoyuki ^a   Okada, Kyoji ^a   Amezawa, Makiko ^a  

^a NIPPON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL OBESITY; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYSLIPIDEMIA; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GLUCOSE INTOLERANCE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INDUSTRIAL WORKER; JAPANESE; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL;

ADULT; ALCOHOL DRINKING; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS INDEX; DIET; GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; HUMANS; JAPAN; LIFE STYLE; MALE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PREVALENCE; SMOKING;

EID: 57449083860     PISSN: 15404196     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/met.2008.0020     Document Type: Article

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