Greater influence of central distribution of adipose tissue on incidence of non-insulin-dependent diabetes in women than men

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 53, Issue 5, 1991, Pages 1312-1317

  Haffner, Steven M ^a   Mitchell, Braxton D ^a   Hazuda, Helen P ^a   Stern, Michael P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

Author keywords

Body fat distribution; Diabetes; Insulin

Indexed keywords

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKINFOLD THICKNESS;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; BODY MASS INDEX; DIABETES MELLITUS, NON-INSULIN-DEPENDENT; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INSULIN; MALE; MEXICO; MIDDLE AGE; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.; TEXAS;

EID: 0025854938     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ajcn/53.5.1312     Document Type: Article

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