Aki Hiuge-Shimizu

Absolute value of visceral fat area measured on computed tomography scans and obesity-related cardiovascular risk factors in large-scale Japanese general population (the VACATION-J study)

Aki Hiuge-Shimizu, Ken Kishida, Tohru Funahashi et al. · Annals of Medicine · 2010 · 202 citations

Short-term effects of liraglutide on visceral fat adiposity, appetite, and food preference: a pilot study of obese Japanese patients with type 2 diabetes

Kana Inoue, Norikazu Maeda, Susumu Kashine et al. · Cardiovascular Diabetology · 2011 · 85 citations · Full text

Contribution of glucocorticoid–mineralocorticoid receptor pathway on the obesity-related adipocyte dysfunction

Ayumu Hirata, Norikazu Maeda, Hideaki Nakatsuji et al. · Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications · 2012 · 82 citations

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Reduction of Visceral Fat Correlates with the Decrease in the Number of Obesity-Related Cardiovascular Risk Factors in Japanese with Abdominal Obesity (VACATION-J Study)

Aki Hiuge-Shimizu, Ken Kishida, Tohru Funahashi et al. · Journal of Atherosclerosis and Thrombosis · 2012 · 57 citations · Full text

Coexistence of Visceral Fat and Multiple Risk Factor Accumulations is Strongly Associated with Coronary Artery Disease in Japanese (The VACATION-J Study)

Aki Hiuge-Shimizu, Ken Kishida, Tohru Funahashi et al. · Journal of Atherosclerosis and Thrombosis · 2012 · 39 citations · Full text