A single threshold value of waist girth identifies normal-weight and overweight subjects with excess visceral adipose tissue

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 64, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 685-693

  Lemieux, Simone ^a   Prud'homme, Denis ^a   Bouchard, Claude ^a   Tremblay, Angelo ^a   Després, Jean Pierre ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^b LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

age; obesity status; sex; Visceral fat; waist girth; waist to hip ratio

Indexed keywords

ABDOMEN; ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; BODY FAT; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENOPAUSE; MUSCLE MASS; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; OBESITY; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0029858649     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ajcn/64.5.685     Document Type: Article

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