Intraabdominal adipose tissue and anthropometric surrogates in African American women with upper- and lower-body obesity

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 66, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1345-1351

  Conway, Joan Marie ^a   Chanetsa, Florence F ^b   Wang, Paul ^b  

^a BELTSVILLE HUMAN NUTRITION RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

African American women; Anthropometry; Body composition; Ethnicity; Lower body obesity; Subcutaneous adipose tissue; Upper body obesity; Visceral adipose tissue; Waist circumference

Indexed keywords

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HUMAN; NEGRO; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OBESITY;

EID: 0030809807     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ajcn/66.6.1345     Document Type: Article

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