Sagittal abdominal diameter is a strong anthropometric measure of visceral adipose tissue in the asian general population

Diabetes Care

Volumn 33, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 2665-2670

  Yim, Jeong Yoon ^a   Kim, Donghee ^a   Lim, Seon Hee ^a   Park, Min Jeong ^a   Choi, Seung Ho ^a   Lee, Chang Hyun ^a   Kim, Sun Sin ^a   Cho, Sang Heon ^a  

^a Seoul National University Hospital Healthcare System Gangnam Center   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL OBESITY; ABDOMINAL SUBCUTANEOUS FAT; ADULT; AGED; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; ASIAN; BODY MASS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTRAABDOMINAL FAT; KOREA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE; SAGITTAL ABDOMINAL DIAMETER; TRANSVERSE ABDOMINAL DIAMETER; UMBILICUS; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

ABDOMEN; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTHROPOMETRY; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRA-ABDOMINAL FAT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

EID: 79951693624     PISSN: 01495992     EISSN: 19355548     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2337/dc10-0606     Document Type: Article

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