Excesso de peso e gordura abdominal para a síndrome metabólica em nipo-brasileiros Weight excess and abdominal fat in the metabolic syndrome among Japanese-Brazilians

ObjectiveObesity, especially abdominal, has been associated with cardiovascular riskfactors such as dyslipidemia, hypertension and diabetes mellitus (DM). Theimportance of these risk factors among Japanese-Brazilians was previously shown,although obesity is not a typical characteristic of Japanese migrants. In thisstudy the prevalence of weight excess and central adiposity (CA) among Japanese-Brazilians and their association with metabolic...