Optimal cut points of waist circumference (WC) and visceral fat area (VFA) predicting for metabolic syndrome (MetS) in elderly population in the Korean Longitudinal Study on Health and Aging (KLoSHA)

Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2012, Pages

  Lim, Soo ^a,b   Kim, Jung Hee ^a   Yoon, Ji Won ^a,b   Kang, Seon Mee ^a,b   Choi, Sung Hee ^a,b   Park, Young Joo ^a,b   Kim, Ki Woong ^b   Cho, Nam Han ^c   Shin, Hayley ^d   Park, Kyong Soo ^a   Jang, Hak Chul ^a,b  

^a Seoul National University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Seoul National University Bundang Hospital   (South Korea)

^c Ajou University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Central obesity; Elderly; Metabolic syndrome; Visceral fat; Waist circumference

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; BODY FAT DISTRIBUTION; BODY MASS; COMMUNITY ASSESSMENT; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HUMAN; KOREA; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; BLOOD GLUCOSE; CHOLESTEROL; FEMALE; GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; HUMANS; INSULIN; INTRA-ABDOMINAL FAT; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; OBESITY; REFERENCE VALUES; REPUBLIC OF KOREA; SEX FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TRIGLYCERIDES; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

EID: 84857043409     PISSN: 01674943     EISSN: 18726976     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.archger.2011.07.013     Document Type: Article

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