Multiple metabolic risk factors per se are more important than anthropometric cutoff points to predict morbid effects of obesity

Internal Medicine

Volumn 49, Issue 23, 2010, Pages 2653-

  Oda, Eiji ^a  

^a Tachikawa Medical Center   (Japan)

Author keywords

BMI; Metabolic syndrome; Obesity; Waist circumference

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL OBESITY; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; BODY FAT DISTRIBUTION; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; HUMAN; JAPANESE; LETTER; METABOLIC DISORDER; MIDDLE AGED; MORBID OBESITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PREDICTION; PREVALENCE; PUBLICATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; RISK REDUCTION; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BODY MASS INDEX; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

EID: 78649789577     PISSN: 09182918     EISSN: 13497235     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2169/internalmedicine.49.4163     Document Type: Letter

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