Waist circumference, body mass index and glycated hemoglobin in Japanese men and women

Diabetes and Metabolic Syndrome: Clinical Research and Reviews

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 7-11

  Yoshida, Daigo ^a   Toyomura, Kengo ^a   Fukumoto, Jin ^a   Ueda, Naoyuki ^a   Ohnaka, Keizo ^a   Adachi, Masahiro ^a   Takayanagi, Ryoichi ^a   Kono, Suminori ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Body mass index; Hemoglobin A1c; Japanese; Waist circumference

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN A1C;

ABDOMINAL OBESITY; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; JAPANESE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFERENCE VALUE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

EID: 62649131088     PISSN: 18714021     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dsx.2008.10.002     Document Type: Article

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