Determinants and definition of abdominal obesity as related to risk of diabetes, metabolic syndrome and coronary disease in Turkish men: A prospective cohort study

ONAT, Altan; UYAREL, Huseyin; HERGENC, Gulay; KARABULUT, Ahmet; ALBAYRAK, Sinan; Can, GÜNAY

doi:10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2006.03.012

Determinants and definition of abdominal obesity as related to risk of diabetes, metabolic syndrome and coronary disease in Turkish men: A prospective cohort study

ONAT A., UYAREL H., HERGENC G., KARABULUT A., ALBAYRAK S., Can G.

ATHEROSCLEROSIS, vol.191, no.1, pp.182-190, 2007 (Journal Indexed in SCI)

Publication Type: Article / Article
Volume: 191 Issue: 1
Publication Date: 2007
Doi Number: 10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2006.03.012
Title of Journal : ATHEROSCLEROSIS
Page Numbers: pp.182-190
Keywords: abdominal obesity, coronary heart disease, diabetes mellitus, hypertension, metabolic syndrome, proinflammatory state, cigarette smoking, C-REACTIVE PROTEIN, INSULIN-RESISTANCE, HEART-DISEASE, CARDIOVASCULAR RISK, VISCERAL ADIPOSITY, POPULATION, HYPERTENSION, ASSOCIATION, FEATURES, GLUCOSE

Abstract

We aimed to investigate determinants of abdominal obesity and its clinical impact on metabolic syndrome (MS), diabetes (DM) and coronary heart disease (CHD) in men.