Fat distribution and plasma lipid-lipoprotein concentrations in pre- and postmenopausal women

International Journal of Obesity

Volumn 22, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 605-611

  Gower, B A ^a   Nagy, T R ^a   Goran, M I ^a   Toth, M J ^b   Poehlman, E T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

Author keywords

Fat distribution; Lipids; Menopause

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LIPID; LIPOPROTEIN; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY FAT; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; DENSITOMETRY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; LIPOPROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; NORMAL HUMAN; OBESITY; POSTMENOPAUSE; PREMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; SUBCUTANEOUS FAT;

EID: 0031864405     PISSN: 03070565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ijo.0800633     Document Type: Article

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