Obesity-related risk factors of cardiovascular disease

Circulation Journal

Volumn 73, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 2204-2205

  Oda, Eiji ^a  

^a Tachikawa Medical Center   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALBUMIN; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; INSULIN; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL;

BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; EDITORIAL; ELECTRON BEAM TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INSULIN RESISTANCE; INTRAABDOMINAL FAT; LEUKOCYTE; MALE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; OBESITY; OXIDATIVE STRESS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SUBCUTANEOUS FAT; URINARY EXCRETION; VITAL CAPACITY; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; JAPAN; MALE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; OBESITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SMOKING; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 73349103756     PISSN: 13469843     EISSN: 13474820     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1253/circj.CJ-09-0653     Document Type: Editorial

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