Racial differences in metabolic predictors of obesity among postmenopausal women

Obesity Research

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 463-468

  Nicklas, Barbara J ^a,b   Berman, Dora M ^a   Davis, Dawn C ^a   Dobrovolny, C Lynne ^a   Dennis, Karen E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b BALTIMORE VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Fat oxidation; Race; Resting metabolic rate; VO2max

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BASAL METABOLIC RATE; BODY COMPOSITION; CAUCASIAN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIPID METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; NEGRO; OBESITY; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; POSTMENOPAUSE;

AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BASAL METABOLISM; BODY COMPOSITION; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIPID METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; POSTMENOPAUSE;

EID: 0033195224     PISSN: 10717323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.1550-8528.1999.tb00434.x     Document Type: Article

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