Indirect measure of visceral adiposity ‘A Body Shape Index’ (ABSI) is associated with arterial stiffness in patients with type 2 diabetes

OBJECTIVE: Among indirect measures of visceral adiposity, A Body Shape Index (ABSI), which is defined as waist circumference (WC)/(body mass index (BMI)(2/3)×height(1/2)), is unique in that ABSI is positively correlated with visceral adiposity and is supposed to be independent of BMI. ABSI has been...

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Autores principales: Bouchi, Ryotaro, Asakawa, Masahiro, Ohara, Norihiko, Nakano, Yujiro, Takeuchi, Takato, Murakami, Masanori, Sasahara, Yuriko, Numasawa, Mitsuyuki, Minami, Isao, Izumiyama, Hajime, Hashimoto, Koshi, Yoshimoto, Takanobu, Ogawa, Yoshihiro
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BMJ Publishing Group 2016
Materias:
Cardiovascular and Metabolic Risk
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4800068/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27026809
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjdrc-2015-000188

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4800068/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27026809
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjdrc-2015-000188

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