Large waist circumference and risk of hypertension
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Waist Circumference and Risk Factor
Visceral obesity is associated with the clustering of metabolic risk factors and the incidence of cardiovascular events. However, the association between the waist circumference values and the metabolic risk factors has not been fully established in Japanese middle-aged subjects. We examined the data from 6,033 Japanese middle-aged subjects aged 40–59 yr (4,599 male and 1,434 female). Metabolic...
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عنوان ژورنال: International Journal of Obesity
سال: 2001
ISSN: 0307-0565,1476-5497
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ijo.0801722