High-molecular-weight adiponectin and anthropometric variables among elementary schoolchildren: a population-based cross-sectional study in Japan

BMC Pediatrics

Volumn 12, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Ochiai, Hirotaka ^a   Shirasawa, Takako ^a   Nishimura, Rimei ^b   Morimoto, Aya ^b   Ohtsu, Tadahiro ^a   Hoshino, Hiromi ^a   Tajima, Naoko ^b   Kokaze, Akatsuki ^a  

^a SHOWA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b JIKEI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Anthropometric variable; Children; High molecular weight adiponectin; Obesity; Waist to height ratio

Indexed keywords

ADIPONECTIN; HIGH MOLECULAR WEIGHT ADIPONECTIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY FAT; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CHILDHOOD OBESITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; JAPAN; MALE; POPULATION RESEARCH; SCHOOL CHILD; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; WAIST HIP RATIO;

ADIPONECTIN; ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

EID: 84865567971     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2431-12-139     Document Type: Article

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