Racial differences in amounts of visceral adipose tissue in young adults: The CARDIA (coronary artery risk development in young adults) study

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 69, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 381-387

  Hill, James O ^a   Sidney, Steve ^b   Lewis, Cora E ^b   Tolan, Kim ^b   Scherzinger, Ann L ^b   Stamm, Elizabeth R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Blacks; Body fat distribution; CARDIA Study; Computed tomography; Obesity; Racial differences; Sagittal diameter; Visceral adipose tissue; Waist circumference; Whites; Young adults

Indexed keywords

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY FAT; BODY MASS; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEGRO; OBESITY; RACE DIFFERENCE; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SUBCUTANEOUS FAT;

PIERINAE;

EID: 0033044530     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ajcn/69.3.381     Document Type: Article

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