Statistical reassessment of the association between waist circumference and clustering metabolic abnormalities in Japanese population

Journal of Atherosclerosis and Thrombosis

Volumn 19, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 767-778

  Takahara, Mitsuyoshi ^a   Katakami, Naoto ^a   Kaneto, Hideaki ^a   Noguchi, Midori ^b   Shimomura, Iichiro ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b General Affairs Bureau   (Japan)

Author keywords

Metabolic syndrome; Statistical reassessment; Waist circumference

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; FEMALE; HUMAN; JAPANESE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

EID: 84865761638     PISSN: 13403478     EISSN: 18803873     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5551/jat.12872     Document Type: Article

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