Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice
Volume 62, Issue 3 , Pages 149-157 , December 2003

Daily exercise lowers blood pressure and reduces visceral adipose tissue areas in overweight Japanese men

  • Nobuyuki Miyatake

      Affiliations

    • Okayama Southern Institute of Health, 408-1 Hirata, Okayama 700-0952, Japan
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +81-86-246-6250; fax: +81-86-246-6331
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  • Kayo Takahashi

      Affiliations

    • Faculty of Education, Okayama University, Okayama, Japan
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  • Jun Wada

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine and Clinical Science, Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine and Dentistry, Okayama, Japan
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  • Hidetaka Nishikawa

      Affiliations

    • Okayama Southern Institute of Health, 408-1 Hirata, Okayama 700-0952, Japan
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  • Akie Morishita

      Affiliations

    • Okayama Southern Institute of Health, 408-1 Hirata, Okayama 700-0952, Japan
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  • Hisao Suzuki

      Affiliations

    • Faculty of Education, Okayama University, Okayama, Japan
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  • Mie Kunitomi

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine and Clinical Science, Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine and Dentistry, Okayama, Japan
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  • Hirofumi Makino

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine and Clinical Science, Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine and Dentistry, Okayama, Japan
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  • Shohei Kira

      Affiliations

    • Department of Public Health, Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine and Dentistry, Okayama, Japan
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  • Masafumi Fujii

      Affiliations

    • Okayama Southern Institute of Health, 408-1 Hirata, Okayama 700-0952, Japan

Received 24 April 2003 ,Revised 16 June 2003 ,Accepted 23 July 2003.

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doi: 10.1016/S0168-8227(03)00176-1

Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice
Volume 62, Issue 3 , Pages 149-157 , December 2003

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