Relationship between waist circumferences measured at the umbilical level and midway between the ribs and iliac crest: A solution to the debate on optimal waist circumference standards in the diagnostic criteria of Metabolic Syndrome in Japan

Journal of Atherosclerosis and Thrombosis

Volumn 18, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 735-743

  Yokoyama, Hirokazu ^a   Hirose, Hiroshi ^a   Kanda, Takeshi ^a   Kawabe, Hiroshi ^a   Saito, Ikuo ^a  

^a KEIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Generation difference; Metabolic syndrome; Reference interval; Umbilical line; Waist circumference

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; ILIAC CREST; JAPAN; MALE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; NORMAL HUMAN; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SMOKING; UMBILICUS; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; MIDDLE AGED; ROC CURVE; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

EID: 80053212197     PISSN: 13403478     EISSN: 18803873     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5551/jat.7369     Document Type: Article

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