Plasma amino acid profile is associated with visceral fat accumulation in obese Japanese subjects

Clinical Obesity

Volumn 2, Issue 1-2, 2012, Pages 29-40

  Yamakado, M ^a   Tanaka, T ^b,c   Nagao, K ^b   Ishizaka, Y ^a   Mitushima, T ^d   Tani, M ^a   Toda, A ^a   Toda, E ^a   Okada, M ^d   Miyano, H ^b   Yamamoto, H ^b  

^a MITSUI MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b AJINOMOTO CO INC   (Japan)

^c KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d KAMEDA MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

Author keywords

CT scan; High throughput risk screening; Non apparent visceral obesity; Plasma amino acid

Indexed keywords

2 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; ALANINE; GLUTAMIC ACID; GLYCINE; HISTIDINE; ISOLEUCINE; LEUCINE; LYSINE; METHIONINE; ORNITHINE; PHENYLALANINE; PROLINE; SERINE; TRYPTOPHAN; TYROSINE; VALINE;

ABDOMINAL FAT; ADULT; AMINO ACID ANALYSIS; AMINO ACID BLOOD LEVEL; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; BODY MASS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EDITORIAL; FALSE NEGATIVE RESULT; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRAABDOMINAL FAT; JAPANESE; LIPID STORAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASS SCREENING; METABOLIC PARAMETERS; OBESITY; PLASMA FREE AMINO ACID INDEX; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VISCERAL OBESITY; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

EID: 84874957826     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17588111     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1758-8111.2012.00039.x     Document Type: Editorial

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