Metabolic syndrome in Japanese men and women with special reference to the anthropometric criteria for the assessment of obesity: Proposal to use the waist-to-height ratio.

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Published in Prev Med on December 27, 2005

Authors

Shiun Dong Hsieh1, Takashi Muto

Author Affiliations

1: Medical Center of Health Science, Toranomon Hospital, Minato-ku, Tokyo, Japan. hsieh@toranomon.gr.jp

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