Necessity of both waist circumference and waist-to-height ratio for better evaluation of central obesity

Metabolic Syndrome and Related Disorders

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 189-194

  Wakabayashi, Ichiro ^a  

^a HYOGO COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN A1C; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CARDIOMETABOLIC RISK; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; DYSLIPIDEMIA; EXERCISE; HUMAN; HYPERGLYCEMIA; HYPERTENSION; MALE; OBESITY; PERIODIC MEDICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; WAIST TO HEIGHT RATIO;

ADULT; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHTS AND MEASURES; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CHOLESTEROL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HEMOGLOBIN A, GLYCOSYLATED; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY, ABDOMINAL; RISK FACTORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

EID: 84877860201     PISSN: 15404196     EISSN: 15578518     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/met.2012.0131     Document Type: Article

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