Absolute value of visceral fat area measured on computed tomography scans and obesity-related cardiovascular risk factors in large-scale Japanese general population (the VACATION-J study)

Annals of Medicine

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 82-92

  Hiuge Shimizu, Aki ^a   Kishida, Ken ^a   Funahashi, Tohru ^a   Ishizaka, Yuko ^b   Oka, Rie ^c   Okada, Minoru ^d   Suzuki, Shizu ^e   Takaya, Norihide ^f   Nakagawa, Tohru ^g   Fukui, Toshiki ^h   Fukuda, Hiroshi ⁱ   Watanabe, Naoya ^j   Yoshizumi, Tohru ^k   Nakamura, Tadashi ^k   Matsuzawa, Yuji ^l   Yamakado, Minoru ^b   Shimomura, Iichiro ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b MITSUI MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^c Hokuriku Central Hospital   (Japan)

^d KAMEDA MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

^e Wellness Tenjin Clinic   (Japan)

^f Medical Corporation Doyukai   (Japan)

^g HITACHI LTD   (Japan)

^h NTT West Takamatsu Hospital   (Japan)

ⁱ JUNTENDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^j YODOGAWA CHRISTIAN HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^k Kawasaki Hospital   (Japan)

^l SUMITOMO HOSPITAL   (Japan)

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Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; multiple risk factor accumulation; subcutaneous fat; visceral fat

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; BODY FAT DISTRIBUTION; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DYSLIPIDEMIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERGLYCEMIA; HYPERTENSION; INTRAABDOMINAL FAT; JAPANESE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; POPULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SUBCUTANEOUS FAT; VISCERAL FAT AREA; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY MASS INDEX; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRA-ABDOMINAL FAT; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SUBCUTANEOUS FAT; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84863081436     PISSN: 07853890     EISSN: 13652060     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/07853890.2010.526138     Document Type: Article

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