Visceral adiposity, not abdominal subcutaneous fat area, is associated with high blood pressure in Japanese men: The Ohtori study

Hypertension Research

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 565-572

  Koh, Hideo ^a   Hayashi, Tomoshige ^a,b   Sato, Kyoko Kogawa ^a   Harita, Nobuko ^a   Maeda, Isseki ^a   Nishizawa, Yoshiki ^a   Endo, Ginji ^a   Fujimoto, Wilfred Y ^c   Boyko, Edward J ^b,c   Hikita, Yonezo ^a,d  

^a OSAKA CITY UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b VA PUGET SOUND HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^d Ohtori Health Promotion Center   (Japan)

Author keywords

computed tomography; epidemiology; high normal blood pressure; visceral adiposity

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOREACTIVE INSULIN;

ABDOMINAL SUBCUTANEOUS FAT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY FAT DISTRIBUTION; BODY MASS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES CONTROL; DIET RESTRICTION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EXERCISE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INSULIN RESISTANCE; INTRAABDOMINAL FAT; JAPANESE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; SMOKING HABIT; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BODY MASS INDEX; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EXERCISE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; INSULIN; INTRA-ABDOMINAL FAT; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; SMOKING; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

EID: 79955614920     PISSN: 09169636     EISSN: 13484214     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/hr.2010.271     Document Type: Article

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