Use of waist circumference and ultrasonographic assessment of abdominal fat distribution in predicting metabolic risk factors in healthy japanese adults

Journal of Physiological Anthropology

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 7-14

  Kondo, Takaaki ^a   Abe, Maimi ^b   Ueyama, Jun ^a   Kimata, Akiko ^a   Yamamoto, Kanami ^a   Hori, Yoko ^a  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b Nagoya Memorial Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Abdominal wall fat index; Body mass index; Dyslipidemia; Health screening; Logistic model; Preperitoneal fat; ROC curve; Visceral fat

Indexed keywords

LIPID; URIC ACID;

ABDOMINAL FAT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASIAN; BLOOD; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MALE; METABOLIC DISORDER; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PHYSIOLOGY; RISK; RISK FACTOR; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

ABDOMINAL FAT; ADULT; AGED; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BLOOD GLUCOSE; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; LIPIDS; MALE; METABOLIC DISEASES; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; ODDS RATIO; RISK FACTORS; URIC ACID; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

EID: 60749137388     PISSN: 18806791     EISSN: 18806805     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2114/jpa2.28.7     Document Type: Article

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