@article{oai:kanazawa-u.repo.nii.ac.jp:00013296,
 author = {Oka, Rie and Kobayashi, Junji and Inazu, Akihiro and Yagi, Kunimasa and Miyamoto, Susumu and Sakurai, Masaru and Nakamura, Koshi and Miura, Katsuyuki and Nakagawa, Hideaki and Yamagishi, Masakazu},
 issue = {5},
 journal = {Metabolism: Clinical and Experimental},
 month = {May},
 note = {We investigated the relative impacts of visceral adiposity and insulin resistance on the metabolic risk profile in middle-aged Japanese men. A cross-sectional study was conducted in 636 nondiabetic Japanese men with a mean age of 51.6 years. Visceral adipose tissue (AT) was assessed using computed tomography, and insulin resistance was determined by the homeostasis model assessment of insulin resistance (HOMA-IR). Metabolic risk factors were diagnosed according to the National Cholesterol Education Program Adult Treatment Panel III metabolic syndrome criteria: (1) hypertriglyceridemia, (2) low high-density lipoprotein cholesterol, (3) hypertension, (4) impaired fasting glucose, and (5) impaired glucose tolerance. Visceral AT and HOMA-IR were significantly and positively correlated with each other (r = 0.41, P < .001). Using the 75th percentile value as a cut point, those with isolated large visceral AT showed significantly greater odds ratios for each of the 5 risk factors measured except impaired fasting glucose, whereas those with isolated high HOMA-IR showed significantly greater odds ratios for each of the 5 risk factors except hypertriglyceridemia and impaired glucose tolerance, compared with the control group. The combined group (increased visceral AT and HOMA-IR) had the highest odds ratios for all studied risk factors. On logistic regression analysis using visceral AT and HOMA-IR as continuous independent variables, they were each independently associated with most of the metabolic risk factors and their clustering. In conclusion, neither visceral AT nor HOMA-IR stands out as the sole driving force of the risk profile; each makes a significant contribution to metabolic abnormalities in Japanese men. © 2010 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved., 金沢大学大学院医学系研究科, 北陸中央病院内科},
 pages = {748--754},
 title = {Contribution of visceral adiposity and insulin resistance to metabolic risk factors in Japanese men},
 volume = {59},
 year = {2010}
}