Waist circumference can predict the occurrence of multiple metabolic risk factors in middle-aged Japanese subjects

Industrial Health

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 447-451

  Satoh, Hiroki ^a   Fujii, Satoshi ^b   Furumoto, Tomoo ^a   Kishi, Reiko ^a   Tsutsui, Hiroyuki ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b NAGOYA CITY UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Health examination; Middle aged subjects; Risk factor; Waist circumference

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; DYSLIPIDEMIA; FEMALE; GLUCOSE INTOLERANCE; HUMAN; JAPAN; MALE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

ADULT; BLOOD PRESSURE; DYSLIPIDEMIAS; FEMALE; GLUCOSE INTOLERANCE; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

EID: 77958070489     PISSN: 00198366     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2486/indhealth.MS1121     Document Type: Article

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