The cutoff values of visceral fat area and waist circumference for identifying subjects at risk for metabolic syndrome in elderly Korean: Ansan Geriatric (AGE) cohort study

BACKGROUND: In Korea, the cutoff values of waist circumference (WC) for the identification of metabolic syndrome (MetS) were suggested to be 90 cm for men and 85 cm for women based on the analysis mainly in middle-aged adults. As aging is associated with increased fat, especially abdominal visceral...

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Autores principales: Seo, Ji A, Kim, Byoung Gwon, Cho, Hyunjoo, Kim, Hye Sook, Park, Juri, Baik, Sei Hyun, Choi, Dong Seop, Park, Moon Ho, Jo, Sangmee Ahn, Koh, Young Ho, Han, Changsu, Kim, Nan Hee
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2009
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2797519/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19951442
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2458-9-443

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