Visceral fat accumulation in japanese high school students and related atherosclerotic risk factors

Journal of Atherosclerosis and Thrombosis

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 546-557

  Tadokoro, Naoko ^a,i   Shinomiya, Masaki ^b,i   Yoshinaga, Masao ^c   Takahashi, Hideto ^d   Matsuoka, Kaori ^e,i   Miyashita, Yo ^f   Nakamura, Masato ^g,i   Kuribayashi, Nobuichi ^h,i  

^a Watanabe Clinic   (Japan)

^b Nishifuna Naika   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL HOSPITAL ORGANIZATION KAGOSHIMA MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^e Ikeda Hospital   (Japan)

^f TOHO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^g Nakamura Clinic   (Japan)

^h Misaki Naika Clinic   (Japan)

ⁱ NPO 'Citizen Medical Staff Alliance for the Prevention of Lifestyle Related Diseases (Kozonokai)'   (Japan)

Author keywords

Adipocytokines; Sex; Ultrasonography; Visceral fat accumulation

Indexed keywords

ADIPOCYTOKINE; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; GLUCOSE; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LEPTIN; LIPOPROTEIN LIPASE; RESISTIN; URIC ACID; BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

ABDOMINAL OBESITY; ADOLESCENT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BLOOD CELL COUNT; BLOOD CHEMISTRY; ECHOGRAPHY; FATTY LIVER; FEMALE; HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT; HUMAN; HYPERINSULINEMIA; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; INTRAABDOMINAL FAT; JAPANESE; LIVER DYSFUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BLOOD; LIVER; OBESITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRA-ABDOMINAL FAT; LEPTIN; LIVER; MALE; OBESITY; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 77954732492     PISSN: 13403478     EISSN: 18803873     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5551/jat.3251     Document Type: Article

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