Lifetime cigarette smoking is associated with abdominal obesity in a community-based sample of Japanese men: The Shiga Epidemiological Study of Subclinical Atherosclerosis (SESSA)

Lifetime cigarette smoking is associated with abdominal obesity in a community-based sample of Japanese men: The Shiga Epidemiological Study of Subclinical Atherosclerosis (SESSA)

Studies from Western countries suggest that smokers tend to display greater abdominal obesity than non-smokers, despite showing lower weight. Whether this holds true in a leaner population requires clarification. Using indices of abdominal obesity including visceral adipose tissue, we examined wheth...

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Main Authors: Fujiyoshi, Akira, Miura, Katsuyuki, Kadowaki, Sayaka, Azuma, Koichiro, Tanaka, Sachiko, Hisamatsu, Takashi, Arima, Hisatomi, Kadota, Aya, Miyagawa, Naoko, Takashima, Naoyuki, Ohkubo, Takayoshi, Saitoh, Yoshino, Torii, Sayuki, Miyazawa, Itsuko, Maegawa, Hiroshi, Murata, Kiyoshi, Ueshima, Hirotsugu
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2016
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4929077/

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