Comparison of Metabolic Characteristics of Metabolically Healthy but Obese (MHO) Middle-Aged Men According to Different Criteria

Korean Journal of Family Medicine

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 19-26

  Yoo, Ho Kwon ^a   Choi, Eun Young ^a   Park, Eal Whan ^a   Cheong, Yoo Seock ^a   Bae, Ri Ah ^a  

^a Dankook University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Criteria; Korean; Metabolically healthy obese; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

EID: 84875327282     PISSN: 20056443     EISSN: 20926715     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4082/kjfm.2013.34.1.19     Document Type: Article

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