Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice
Volume 75, Issue 1 , Pages 96-98 , January 2007

Waist circumference estimation from BMI in Japanese children

  • Aya Morimoto

      Affiliations

    • Division of Diabetes, Endocrinology and Metabolism, Department of Internal Medicine, The Jikei University School of Medicine, 3-25-8 Nishishimbashi, Minato-ku, Tokyo 105-8461, Japan
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +81 3 3433 1111x3249; fax: +81 3 3578 9753.
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  • Rimei Nishimura

      Affiliations

    • Division of Diabetes, Endocrinology and Metabolism, Department of Internal Medicine, The Jikei University School of Medicine, 3-25-8 Nishishimbashi, Minato-ku, Tokyo 105-8461, Japan
    • Graduate School of Public Health, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
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  • Akira Kanda

      Affiliations

    • Faculty of Health Sciences, Okayama University Medical School, Okayama, Japan
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  • Hironari Sano

      Affiliations

    • Division of Diabetes, Endocrinology and Metabolism, Department of Internal Medicine, The Jikei University School of Medicine, 3-25-8 Nishishimbashi, Minato-ku, Tokyo 105-8461, Japan
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  • Toru Matsudaira

      Affiliations

    • Division of Diabetes, Endocrinology and Metabolism, Department of Internal Medicine, The Jikei University School of Medicine, 3-25-8 Nishishimbashi, Minato-ku, Tokyo 105-8461, Japan
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  • Yumi Miyashita

      Affiliations

    • Division of Diabetes, Endocrinology and Metabolism, Department of Internal Medicine, The Jikei University School of Medicine, 3-25-8 Nishishimbashi, Minato-ku, Tokyo 105-8461, Japan
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  • Takako Shirasawa

      Affiliations

    • Department of Public Health, Showa University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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  • Eiko Takahashi

      Affiliations

    • Department of Public Health, Showa University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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  • Takeshi Kawaguchi

      Affiliations

    • Department of Public Health, Showa University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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  • Naoko Tajima

      Affiliations

    • Division of Diabetes, Endocrinology and Metabolism, Department of Internal Medicine, The Jikei University School of Medicine, 3-25-8 Nishishimbashi, Minato-ku, Tokyo 105-8461, Japan

Received 6 April 2006 ,Revised 1 May 2006 ,Accepted 25 May 2006.

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PII: S0168-8227(06)00237-3

doi: 10.1016/j.diabres.2006.05.022

Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice
Volume 75, Issue 1 , Pages 96-98 , January 2007

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