R Takami, N Takeda, M Hayashi, A Sasaki, S … - Diabetes Care, 2001 - Am Diabetes Assoc RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS—We cross-sectionally studied 849 Japanese men aged
50.3 ± 8.5 years (range 20–78) with BMI 23.5 ± 2.9 kg/m 2 . Intimal-medial thickness (IMT) of
the carotid artery was measured by ultrasound. General adiposity was assessed by BMI. ... Cited by 64 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 5 versions
- ►ahajournals.org M De Michele, S Panico, A Iannuzzi, E Celentano, AV … - Stroke, 2002 - Am Heart Assoc Methods— More than 5000 middle-aged women (n=5062; age, 30 to 69 years) living in the area
of Naples, Southern Italy, were recruited for a prospective, currently ongoing study on the etiology
of cardiovascular disease and cancer in the female population (the Progetto ATENA ... Cited by 95 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 6 versions
D Reed, KM Dwyer, JH Dwyer - International journal of obesity, 2003 - nature.com OBJECTIVE: To determine whether or not abdominal obesity is associated with the intima-media
thickness (IMT) of the carotid artery wall independently of total body obesity and major risk factors
for atherosclerosis. ... SUBJECTS: A total of 573 middle-aged employees of a utility ... Cited by 14 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 4 versions
- ►sinoas.com [PDF] TA Lakka, HM Lakka, R Salonen, GA Kaplan, JT … - Atherosclerosis, 2001 - Elsevier Abdominal obesity increases the risk of clinical atherosclerotic diseases, but whether it accelerates
the progression of preclinical atherosclerosis is unknown. We studied whether waist-to-hip ratio
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I Ferreira, JWR Twisk, W Van Mechelen, … - European journal of …, 2002 - interscience.wiley.com BackgroundHigh levels of cardiopulmonary fitness (VO 2 max) are associated with reduced risk
of cardiovascular morbidity and mortality, but little is known to what extent this is related to the
effects of cardiopulmonary fitness on atherosclerosis and arterial stiffness. Moreover, the ... Cited by 23 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 4 versions
Y Sakurai, S Kono, K Shinchi, S Honjo, I … - International journal of …, 1995 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov 1: Int J Obes Relat Metab Disord. 1995 Sep;19(9):632-7. Relation of waist-hip ratio to
glucose tolerance, blood pressure, and serum lipids in middle-aged Japanese males.
Sakurai Y, Kono S, Shinchi K, Honjo S, Todoroki I, Wakabayashi ... Cited by 26 - Related articles - All 3 versions
I Ferreira, JWR Twisk, W van Mechelen, HCG … - Journal of …, 2004 - journals.lww.com Objective Body fat and its distribution are determinants of cardiovascular disease but the underlying
mechanisms of these adverse effects are poorly understood. We therefore investigated (1) the
cross-sectional relationship between estimates of body fatness and its distribution on the ... Cited by 48 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 5 versions
J Stevens, JC Juhaeri, GW Evans - Obesity, 2002 - nature.com Research Methods and Procedures: Carotid artery IMT and BMI were assessed at baseline
(between 1987 and 1990) and in three subsequent examinations at 3-year intervals in participants
in the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities cohort. The 9316 African-American and white ... Cited by 11 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 3 versions
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University School of Hygiene and Public Health All rights reserved VoL 147, No. 6 Printed
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S Czernichow, S Bertrais, JM Oppert, P Galan, J … - International journal of …, 2005 - nature.com Body composition (fat mass, fat-free mass) was assessed by bioimpedance analysis and anthropometric
indicators of fat repartition (waist circumference (WC); waist-hip-ratio (WHR)) were simultaneously
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