Urgency of reassessment of role of obesity indices for metabolic risks

Metabolism: Clinical and Experimental

Volumn 59, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 834-840

  Hsieh, Shiun Dong ^a   Ashwell, Margaret ^b   Muto, Takashi ^c   Tsuji, Hiroshi ^a   Arase, Yasuji ^a   Murase, Toshio ^d  

^a TORANOMON HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b Ashwell Associates   (United Kingdom)

^c DOKKYO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d Okinaka Memorial Institute for Medical Research   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL;

ADULT; ALGORITHM; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERGLYCEMIA; HYPERTENSION; HYPERTRIGLYCERIDEMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; FEMALE; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; REFERENCE STANDARDS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

EID: 77952308696     PISSN: 00260495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.metabol.2009.09.032     Document Type: Article

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