Association between muscular strength and metabolic risk in Japanese women, but not in men

Journal of Physiological Anthropology

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 133-139

  Aoyama, Tomoko ^a   Asaka, Meiko ^a   Ishijima, Toshimichi ^a   Kawano, Hiroshi ^a   Cao, Zhen Bo ^a   Sakamoto, Shizuo ^a   Tabata, Izumi ^b   Higuchi, Mitsuru ^a  

^a WASEDA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b RITSUMEIKAN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Abdominal adiposity; Cardiorespiratory fitness; Metabolic syndrome; Muscular strength

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; FEMALE; FITNESS; HAND STRENGTH; HUMAN; JAPAN; MALE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADULT; AGED; BODY MASS INDEX; FEMALE; HAND STRENGTH; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICAL FITNESS; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 80051602218     PISSN: 18806791     EISSN: 18806805     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2114/jpa2.30.133     Document Type: Article

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