Body mass index and waist circumference are independent risk factors for low vital capacity among Japanese participants of a health checkup: a single-institution cross-sectional study

Yoko Goto,Hirohide Yokokawa,Hiroshi Fukuda,Toshio Naito,Teruhiko Hisaoka,Hiroshi Isonuma

Body mass index and waist circumference are independent risk factors for low vital capacity among Japanese participants of a health checkup: a single-institution cross-sectional study

2015

Yoko Goto
Hirohide Yokokawa
Hiroshi Fukuda
Toshio Naito
Teruhiko Hisaoka
Hiroshi Isonuma

Objective This study aimed to examine the associations between obesity and percentage vital capacity (%VC), as well as lifestyle-related disorders, among Japanese participants of a voluntary health checkup.

Keywords:

Physical therapy
Waist
Obesity
Body mass index
Metabolic syndrome
Cross-sectional study
Public health
Medicine
Circumference
Diabetes mellitus
Gerontology

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