Association between cardiac pathology and fat tissue distribution in an autopsy series of men without premortem evidence of cardiovascular disease

International Journal of Obesity

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 245-252

  Kortelainen, M L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Artersclerosis; BAT; Body fat distribution; Heart; Obesity; WAT

Indexed keywords

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BODY FAT; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; BROWN ADIPOSE TISSUE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; DISEASE SEVERITY; HEART WEIGHT; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LIPID STORAGE; MALE; OMENTUM; PATHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUBCUTANEOUS FAT;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADIPOSE TISSUE, BROWN; AGING; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY CONSTITUTION; BODY MASS INDEX; CARDIOMEGALY; CORONARY DISEASE; CORONARY VESSELS; HUMANS; MALE; MYOCARDIUM; OBESITY; ORGAN SIZE; SKINFOLD THICKNESS;

EID: 0029981524     PISSN: 03070565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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