Abdominal obesity and cardiovascular risk in children

Coronary Artery Disease

Volumn 9, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 483-487

  Goran, Michael I ^a   Gower, Barbara A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

Abdominal fat; Adolescents; Children; Fat distribution; Insulin; Lipids; Obesity

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; INSULIN; LIPID;

ABDOMEN; ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADOLESCENT; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHILDHOOD; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GLUCOSE CLAMP TECHNIQUE; HUMAN; INSULIN BLOOD LEVEL; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; OBESITY; ORAL GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBERTY; REVIEW; SEX DIFFERENCE; SUBCUTANEOUS FAT; VISCERA;

EID: 0031740568     PISSN: 09546928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00019501-199809080-00003     Document Type: Review

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