The association between the ratio of visceral fat to thigh muscle area and metabolic syndrome: The Korean Sarcopenic Obesity Study (KSOS)

Clinical Endocrinology

Volumn 73, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 588-594

  Lim, K I ^a   Yang, S J ^a   Kim, T N ^a   Yoo, H J ^a   Kang, H J ^b   Song, W ^c   Baik, S H ^a   Choi, D S ^a   Choi, K M ^a  

^a Korea University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Soonchunhyang University   (South Korea)

^c Seoul National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; GLUCOSE; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ARTICLE; ASIAN; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; INTRAABDOMINAL FAT; KOREAN; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; MUSCLE ATROPHY; MUSCLE MASS; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; THIGH; WAIST HIP RATIO;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BODY MASS INDEX; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRA-ABDOMINAL FAT; MALE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; OBESITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REPUBLIC OF KOREA; SARCOPENIA;

EID: 78449288956     PISSN: 03000664     EISSN: 13652265     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2265.2010.03841.x     Document Type: Article

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