Validity of using body mass index as a surrogate measure of abdominal obesity

Circulation Journal

Volumn 74, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 383-

  Otsuka, Toshiaki ^a   Kawada, Tomoyuki ^a  

^a NIPPON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL OBESITY; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; HUMAN; JAPAN; LETTER; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

ADULT; AGED; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BODY MASS INDEX; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY, ABDOMINAL; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

EID: 75749111690     PISSN: 13469843     EISSN: 13474820     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1253/circj.CJ-09-0805     Document Type: Letter

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