Ratio of waist-to-calf circumference and carotid atherosclerosis in Korean patients with type 2 diabetes

Diabetes Care

Volumn 34, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 2067-2071

  Kim, Soo Kyung ^a   Choi, Young Ju ^b   Huh, Byung Wook ^b   Kim, Chul Sik ^c   Park, Seok Won ^a   Lee, Eun Jig ^d   Cho, Yong Wook ^a   Huh, Kap Bum ^b  

^a CHA University   (South Korea)

^b Huh's Diabetes Center   (South Korea)

^c Hallym University   (South Korea)

^d Yonsei University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL FAT; ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARTERIAL WALL THICKNESS; ARTICLE; ATHEROGENESIS; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CALF CIRCUMFERENCE; CAROTID ATHEROSCLEROSIS; COHORT ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ECHOGRAPHY; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HUMAN; KOREAN; LEG MUSCLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCLE MASS; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; SEX DIFFERENCE; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; WAIST TO CALF RATIO; AGED; ASIAN; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASE; HISTOLOGY; KOREA; LEG; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; RISK FACTOR;

AGED; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASES; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; FEMALE; HUMANS; KOREA; LEG; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

EID: 84860789677     PISSN: 01495992     EISSN: 19355548     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2337/dc11-0743     Document Type: Article

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