Risk factors in obese women, with particular reference to visceral fat component

Diabetes and Metabolism

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 68-74

  Lerario A C ^a,b   Bosco, A ^a   Rocha, M ^a   Santomauro, A T ^a   Luthold, W ^a   Giannella, D ^a   Wajchenberg, B L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

abdominal obesity; cardiovascular risk factors; insulin resistance; obesity

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; VERY LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY FAT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INSULIN RESISTANCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OBESITY; RISK FACTOR;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; GLUCOSE INTOLERANCE; HUMANS; INSULIN; OBESITY; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; REFERENCE VALUES; RISK FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; VISCERA;

EID: 0031057429     PISSN: 03381684     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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