Aim: The purpose of the current work was to review the effects of regular aerobic exercise on
serum lipid and lipoprotein levels in East Asians using meta-analysis. Methods: The …

Metabolic syndrome results from multiple risk factors that arise from insulin resistance
induced by abnormal fat deposition. Chronic inflammation owing to obesity primarily results …

Abstract Objective In Japan, while it is known that underweight women over the age of 40
years have a high risk for type 2 diabetes, there is a lack of clarity on the association …

Background Screening for undiagnosed type 2 diabetes mellitus is recommended for Asian
Americans with a body mass index≥ 23. However, the optimal body mass index cut-off …

Aims Insulin resistance is the pathophysiological precursor of type 2 diabetes mellitus (DM-
2), and its relationship with non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) has been widely …

Objective We aimed to clarify the onset of diabetes. Design Data from 27,392 nondiabetic
health examinees were retrospectively analyzed for a mean of 5.3 years. Trajectories of …

Purpose The proportion of elderly individuals (age≥ 65 years) in Japan reached 27.7% in
2017, the highest in the world. A serious social problem in a super-aged society is the rise in …

The prevalence of non-obese type 2 diabetes in Asians is up to 50%. This review aims to
summarize the role of regional fat in the development of insulin resistance and …

Context Adipose tissue insulin resistance has been observed in obese subjects and is
considered an early metabolic defect that precedes insulin resistance in muscle and liver …

Context Asians have a high prevalence of insulin resistance, even in the nonobese state.
Whereas both visceral fat accumulation (VFA) and fatty liver (FL) have been shown to be …