Adult changes in body composition are associated with changes in cholesterol levels: The Fels Longitudinal Study

Applied Radiation and Isotopes

Volumn 49, Issue 5-6, 1998, Pages 727-729

  Siervogel, R M ^a   Wisemandle, W ^a   Guo, S S ^a   Chumlea, W C ^a   Towne, B ^a   Roche, A F ^a  

^a WRIGHT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; DATA REDUCTION; HEALTH RISKS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

BODY COMPOSITION; BODY MASS INDEX; FAT FREE MASS; FELS LONGITUDINAL STUDY; TOTAL BODY FAT;

CHOLESTEROL;

ADULT; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY FAT; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONFERENCE PAPER; CORRELATION FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; CHOLESTEROL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 0032079369     PISSN: 09698043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0969-8043(97)00208-X     Document Type: Conference Paper

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