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Body mass index ≥23 is a risk factor for insulin resistance and diabetes in Japanese people: A brief report

BACKGROUND: Screening for undiagnosed type 2 diabetes mellitus is recommended for Asian Americans with a body mass index ≥23. However, the optimal body mass index cut-off score for predicting the risk of diabetes mellitus in Japanese people is not well known. The aim of this study was to determine t...

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Autores principales: Okura, Tsuyoshi, Nakamura, Risa, Fujioka, Yohei, Kawamoto-Kitao, Sonoko, Ito, Yuichi, Matsumoto, Kazuhisa, Shoji, Kyoko, Sumi, Keisuke, Matsuzawa, Kazuhiko, Izawa, Shoichiro, Ueta, Etsuko, Kato, Masahiko, Imamura, Takeshi, Taniguchi, Shin-ichi, Yamamoto, Kazuhiro
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6054391/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30028879
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0201052