Association of intraabdominal fat and carotid atherosclerosis in non-obese middle-aged men with normal glucose tolerance

International Journal of Obesity

Volumn 21, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 948-951

  Yamamoto, M ^a   Egusa, G ^a   Hara, H ^b   Yamakido, M ^a  

^a HIROSHIMA UNIV SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b NTT CORPORATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

Carotid atherosclerosis; Fat distribution; Ultrasound; Visceral fat

Indexed keywords

INSULIN;

ABDOMINAL WALL; ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; ARTERY INTIMA; ARTERY MEDIA; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASE; ECHOGRAPHY; GLUCOSE TOLERANCE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INSULIN BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUBCUTANEOUS FAT; THICKNESS; VISCERA;

EID: 0030823905     PISSN: 03070565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ijo.0800501     Document Type: Article

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