Visceral fat area, waist circumference and metabolic risk factors in abdominally obese Chinese adults

Biomedical and Environmental Sciences

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 141-148

  Li, Xu ^a   Katashima, Mitsuhiro ^b   Yasumasu, Takeshi ^b   Li, Ke Ji ^a  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (China)

^b Health Care Products Research Labs   (Japan)

Author keywords

Abdominal fat; Glucose metabolism; Lipid metabolism; Waist circumference

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL OBESITY; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHINA; HUMAN; INTRAABDOMINAL FAT; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTOR; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

ADULT; CHINA; HUMANS; INTRA-ABDOMINAL FAT; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY, ABDOMINAL; RISK FACTORS; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

EID: 84866631504     PISSN: 08953988     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3967/0895-3988.2012.02.003     Document Type: Article

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