Age-Associated Increase in Abdominal Obesity and Insulin Resistance, and Usefulness of AHA/NHLBI Definition of Metabolic Syndrome for Predicting Cardiovascular Disease in Japanese Elderly with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus | Zendy

Takashi Sakurai | Zendy; Satoshi Iimuro | Zendy; Atsushi Araki | Zendy; Hiroyuki Umegaki | Zendy; Yasuo Ohashi | Zendy; Koichi Yokono | Zendy; Hideki Ito | Zendy

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Age-Associated Increase in Abdominal Obesity and Insulin Resistance, and Usefulness of AHA/NHLBI Definition of Metabolic Syndrome for Predicting Cardiovascular Disease in Japanese Elderly with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus

Author(s) -

Takashi Sakurai,

Satoshi Iimuro,

Atsushi Araki,

Hiroyuki Umegaki,

Yasuo Ohashi,

Koichi Yokono,

Hideki Ito

Publication year - 2009

Publication title -

gerontology

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.397

H-Index - 94

eISSN - 1423-0003

pISSN - 0304-324X

DOI - 10.1159/000246970

Subject(s) - medicine , insulin resistance , abdominal obesity , metabolic syndrome , diabetes mellitus , waist , type 2 diabetes , obesity , risk factor , type 2 diabetes mellitus , endocrinology

Management of metabolic syndrome (MetS) seems to constitute an efficient strategy to attain successful ageing. Although the clinical entity of MetS in patients with diabetes mellitus has been discussed, there is very little information on MetS-type cardiometabolic risk factor clustering in diabetic elderly.

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