Prevalence of the metabolic syndrome in elderly and middle-aged Japanese

Journal of Clinical Gerontology and Geriatrics

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 42-47

  Arai, Hidenori ^a   Yamamoto, Akira ^b   Matsuzawa, Yuji ^c   Saito, Yasushi ^d   Yamada, Nobuhiro ^e   Oikawa, Shinichi ^f   Mabuchi, Hiroshi ^g   Teramoto, Tamio ^h   Sasaki, Jun ⁱ   Nakaya, Noriaki ^j   Itakura, Hiroshige ^k   Ishikawa, Yuichi ^l   Ouchi, Yasuyoshi ^m   Horibe, Hiroshi ⁿ   Kita, Toru ^o  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL CEREBRAL AND CARDIOVASCULAR CENTER   (Japan)

^c SUMITOMO HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^d CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^f NIPPON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

^g KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^h TEIKYO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

ⁱ INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH AND WELFARE   (Japan)

^j Nakaya Clinic   (Japan)

^k IBARAKI CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^l KOBE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^m UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

ⁿ Keisen Clinic   (Japan)

^o KOBE CITY MEDICAL CENTER GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

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Author keywords

Central obesity; Dyslipidemia; Elderly; Metabolic syndrome

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; DATA ANALYSIS; DYSLIPIDEMIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; JAPANESE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METABOLIC DISORDER; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR;

EID: 79251492672     PISSN: 22108335     EISSN: 22108343     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcgg.2010.10.011     Document Type: Article

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