Association between anthropometric indices of obesity and risk of cardiovascular disease in Japanese men.

Mi XiangHuanhuan HuTeppei ImaiAkiko NishiharaNaoko SasakiTakayuki OgasawaraAi HoriTohru NakagawaShuichiro YamamotoToru HondaHiroko OkazakiAkihiko UeharaMakoto YamamotoToshiaki MiyamotoTakeshi KochiMasafumi EguchiTaizo MurakamiMakiko ShimizuKentaro TomitaSatsue NagahamaAkiko NanriMaki KonishiShamima AkterKeisuke KuwaharaIkuko KashinoMiwa YamaguchiIsamu KabeTetsuya MizoueNaoki KunugitaSeitaro Dohinull null

Published in: Journal of occupational health (2019)

Measures of general (BMI) and abdominal (WC and WHtR) obesity were similarly associated with CVD in middle-aged Japanese men.

Keyphrases

middle aged
weight gain
cardiovascular disease
insulin resistance
metabolic syndrome
type diabetes
weight loss
high fat diet induced
body mass index
body composition
cardiovascular events
physical activity
skeletal muscle