Different Risk for Hypertension, Diabetes, Dyslipidemia, and Hyperuricemia According to Level of Body Mass Index in Japanese and American Subjects

Different Risk for Hypertension, Diabetes, Dyslipidemia, and Hyperuricemia According to Level of Body Mass Index in Japanese and American Subjects

Obesity is a risk factor for hypertension, diabetes mellitus (DM), dyslipidemia, and hyperuricemia. Here, we evaluated whether the same body mass index (BMI) for the U.S. population conferred similar metabolic risk in Japan. This was a cross-sectional analysis involving 90,047 Japanese adults (18&am...

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Main Authors: Masanari Kuwabara, Remi Kuwabara, Koichiro Niwa, Ichiro Hisatome, Gerard Smits, Carlos A. Roncal-Jimenez, Paul S. MacLean, Joseph M. Yracheta, Minoru Ohno, Miguel A. Lanaspa, Richard J. Johnson, Diana I. Jalal
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2018-08-01
Series:Nutrients
Subjects:
body mass index
hypertension
epidemiology
risk factor
Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/2072-6643/10/8/1011

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