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Revised optimal cut-off point of waist circumference for the diagnosis of metabolic syndrome in Japanese women and the influence of height.

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Visceral adiposity and the prevalence of hypertension in Japanese Americans.

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Optimal cutoff point of waist circumference and use of home blood pressure as a definition of metabolic syndrome: the Ohasama study.

Sato A, Asayama K, Ohkubo T, Kikuya M, Obara T, Metoki H, Inoue R, Hara A, Hoshi H, Hashimoto J, Totsune K, Satoh H, Oka Y, Imai Y.

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Minimum waist and visceral fat values for identifying Japanese Americans at risk for the metabolic syndrome: response to Hayashi et al.

Oda E.

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Evaluation of metabolic syndrome risk in Korean premenopausal women: not waist circumference but visceral fat.

Hyun YJ, Kim OY, Jang Y, Ha JW, Chae JS, Kim JY, Yeo HY, Paik JK, Lee JH.

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Visceral adiposity, not abdominal subcutaneous fat area, is associated with an increase in future insulin resistance in Japanese Americans.

Hayashi T, Boyko EJ, McNeely MJ, Leonetti DL, Kahn SE, Fujimoto WY.

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Visceral fat, waist circumference, and BMI: impact of race/ethnicity.

Carroll JF, Chiapa AL, Rodriquez M, Phelps DR, Cardarelli KM, Vishwanatha JK, Bae S, Cardarelli R.

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Effective cut-off values of waist circumference to detect the clustering of cardiovascular risk factors of metabolic syndrome in Japanese men and women.

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