Susceptibility to Development of Central Adiposity Among Populations

Obesity Research

Volumn 3, Issue 2 S, 1995, Pages 179s-186s

  Fujimoto, Wilfred Y ^a   Bergstrom, Richard W ^a   Boyko, Edward J ^a   Leonetti, Donna L ^a   Newell‐Morris, Laura L ^a   Wahl, Patricia W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

computed tomography; Japanese Americans; visceral fat; westernization

Indexed keywords

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; AGED; ASIA; ASIAN AMERICAN; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY CONSTITUTION; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; GENETICS; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY DIABETES MELLITUS; REVIEW; SYNDROME; UNITED STATES; WEIGHT GAIN;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; AGED; ASIA; ASIAN AMERICANS; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY CONSTITUTION; CAUSALITY; CORONARY DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIABETES, GESTATIONAL; DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PREGNANCY; SYNDROME; WASHINGTON; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 0029366190     PISSN: 10717323     EISSN: 15508528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.1550-8528.1995.tb00461.x     Document Type: Article

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