Associations Among Visceral Fat, All-Cause Mortality, and Obesity-Related Mortality in Japanese Americans

OBJECTIVE: The study objective was to examine the associations among visceral fat (VF), all-cause mortality, and obesity-related mortality. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS: A total of 733 Japanese Americans were followed for 16.9 years. Hazard ratios (HRs) per interquartile range increase in VF were cal...

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Main Authors: McNeely, Marguerite J., Shofer, Jane B., Leonetti, Donna L., Fujimoto, Wilfred Y., Boyko, Edward J.
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: American Diabetes Association 2012
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3263911/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22190675
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.2337/dc11-1193
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