Sex-specific associations of magnetic resonance imaging-derived intra- abdominal and subcutaneous fat areas with conventional anthropometric indices: The atherosclerosis risk in communities study

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 144, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 335-345

  Schreiner, Pamela J ^a   Terry, James G ^b   Evans, Gregory W ^b   Hinson, William H ^b   Crouse III, John R ^b   Heiss, Gerardo ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

Author keywords

adipose tissue; anthropometry; body constitution; body mass index; magnetic resonance imaging; sex

Indexed keywords

ABDOMEN; ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; AGED; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SEX DIFFERENCE; SKINFOLD; SUBCUTANEOUS FAT;

EID: 0029780989     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a008934     Document Type: Article

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