Comparison among body mass index (BMI), waist circumference (WC), and percent body fat (%BF) as anthropometric markers for the clustering of metabolic risk factors in Japanese

Internal Medicine

Volumn 49, Issue 15, 2010, Pages 1477-1482

  Oda, Eiji ^a   Kawai, Ryu ^a  

^a Tachikawa Medical Center   (Japan)

Author keywords

BMI; Metabolic risk factors; Metabolic syndrome; Percent body fat; Waist circumference

Indexed keywords

ANTIDIABETIC AGENT; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; ANTILIPEMIC AGENT; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; GLUCOSE; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADULT; AGE; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY FAT; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DYSLIPIDEMIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERTENSION; HYPERTRIGLYCERIDEMIA; IMPAIRED GLUCOSE TOLERANCE; JAPANESE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS INDEX; CHOLESTEROL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

EID: 77956214946     PISSN: 09182918     EISSN: 13497235     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2169/internalmedicine.49.3363     Document Type: Article

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