Waist circumference is positively associated with insulin resistance but not with fasting blood glucose among moderately to highly obese young Japanese men

Obesity Research and Clinical Practice

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 109-114

  Koike, Teruhiko ^a,b   Miyamoto, Maiko ^b   Oshida, Yoshiharu ^a,b  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Blood glucose; Insulin resistance; Metabolic syndrome; Waist circumference

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; HEMOGLOBIN A1C; INSULIN;

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; DIET RESTRICTION; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; INSULIN RELEASE; INSULIN RESISTANCE; JAPANESE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METABOLIC PARAMETERS; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

EID: 63749115832     PISSN: 1871403X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.orcp.2008.10.006     Document Type: Article

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