BMI may be better than waist circumference for defining metabolic syndrome in Japanese women

Diabetes Care. 2008 Mar;31(3):e12. doi: 10.2337/dc07-0309.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Letter

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Asian People*
  • Body Mass Index*
  • Cholesterol, HDL / blood
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Japan
  • Male
  • Metabolic Syndrome / blood
  • Metabolic Syndrome / ethnology
  • Metabolic Syndrome / pathology*
  • Middle Aged
  • Sex Factors
  • Triglycerides / blood
  • Waist-Hip Ratio

Substances

  • Cholesterol, HDL
  • Triglycerides