Excess abdominal adiposity remains correlated with altered lipid concentrations in healthy older women

International Journal of Obesity

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 432-436

  DiPietro, Loretta ^a,b   Katz, L D ^b   Nadel, E R ^a,b  

^a JOHN B PIERCE LABORATORY   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Body fat; Cholesterol; Elderly; Obesity

Indexed keywords

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

ABDOMEN; AGED; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION FUNCTION; DIET RESTRICTION; ENZYMATIC ASSAY; FEMALE; HIP; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; LIPID METABOLISM; NORMAL HUMAN; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRAINING; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 0032910636     PISSN: 03070565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ijo.0800848     Document Type: Article

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