Neck circumference as a simple tool for identifying the metabolic syndrome and insulin resistance: Results from the Brazilian Metabolic Syndrome Study

Clinical Endocrinology

Volumn 78, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 874-881

  Stabe, Christiane ^a   Vasques, Ana Carolina Junqueira ^a   Lima, Marcelo Miranda Oliveira ^a   Tambascia, Marcos Antonio ^a   Pareja, Jose Carlos ^a   Yamanaka, Ademar ^a   Geloneze, Bruno ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; INSULIN; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ABDOMINAL FAT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BRAZIL; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CLAMP; FEMALE; GLUCOSE TOLERANCE; HUMAN; INSULIN RESISTANCE; INSULIN SENSITIVITY; INTRAABDOMINAL FAT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; NECK CIRCUMFERENCE; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; OBESITY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; RISK FACTOR; SUBCUTANEOUS FAT; ULTRASOUND; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

EID: 84876565068     PISSN: 03000664     EISSN: 13652265     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2265.2012.04487.x     Document Type: Article

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