Criteria of waist circumference according to computed tomography-measured visceral fat area and the clustering of cardiovascular risk factors

Circulation Journal

Volumn 73, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1881-1886

  Kashihara, Hidetoshi ^a   Jung, Su Lee ^a   Kawakubo, Kiyoshi ^b   Tamura, Masaki ^a   Akabayashi, Akira ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b KYORITSU WOMEN'S UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular risk factors; Intra abdominal visceral fat area (VFA); Metabolic syndrome; Screening; Waist circumference

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTRAABDOMINAL FAT; JAPAN; JAPANESE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; REFERENCE VALUE; RISK FACTOR; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

ADULT; AGED; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; INTRA-ABDOMINAL FAT; JAPAN; MALE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RISK FACTORS; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEX FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

EID: 70349847437     PISSN: 13469843     EISSN: 13474820     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1253/circj.CJ-09-0183     Document Type: Article

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