Article
Contribution of visceral fat accumulation and adiponectin to the clustering of metabolic abnormalities in a Japanese population.
Journal of atherosclerosis and thrombosis - 1 Jan 2014
Takahara Mitsuyoshi, Katakami Naoto, Kaneto Hideaki, Noguchi Midori, Shimomura Iichiro
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AIM: The clustering of metabolic abnormalities occurs not only due to abdominal obesity but also other etiologies. We investigated the contribution of visceral fat accumulation and the circulating adiponectin level to the clustering of metabolic abnormalities in a Japanese population. METHODS: We used the data for 1,989 Japanese employees to perform a structural equation modeling analysis. According to the...
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