Associations between leukocyte counts and cardiovascular disease risk factors in apparently healthy Japanese men

Journal of Nutritional Science and Vitaminology

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 181-186

  Mochizuki, Kazuki ^a   Miyauchi, Rie ^a   Misaki, Yasumi ^a   Kasezawa, Nobuhiko ^b   Tohyama, Kazushige ^b   Goda, Toshinao ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHIZUOKA   (Japan)

^b SBS Shizuoka Health Promotion Center   (Japan)

Author keywords

Apparently healthy Japanese men; CVD risk factors; Leukocyte counts

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CREATINE; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; GLUCOSE; HEMOGLOBIN A1C; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADULT; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; BASOPHIL; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CLINICAL TRIAL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; GAMMA GLUTAMYL TRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; JAPANESE; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MALE; MONOCYTE; NEUTROPHIL COUNT; NORMAL HUMAN; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 84930483629     PISSN: 03014800     EISSN: 18817742     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3177/jnsv.58.181     Document Type: Article

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