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 · 206 citations

Medicine, Cardiology, Epidemiology +16

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 · 86 citations · Full text

Medicine, Endocrinology, Pharmacology +17

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

Medicine, Endocrinology, Physiology +14

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 · 58 citations · Full text

Public Health, Chronic Disease Prevention, Epidemiologic Methods +16

A Pilot Investigation of Visceral Fat Adiposity and Gene Expression Profile in Peripheral Blood Cells

Masaya Yamaoka, Norikazu Maeda, Seiji Nakamura et al. · PLoS ONE · 2012 · 39 citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Molecular Biology, Physiology +16