Skeletal muscle attenuation determined by computed tomography is associated with skeletal muscle lipid content

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 89, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 104-110

  Goodpaster, Bret H ^a,c   Kelley, David E ^a   Thaete, F Leland ^a   He, Jing ^a   Ross, Robert ^b  

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

^b QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

Body composition; Obesity; Triglyceride; Type 2 diabetes mellitus

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTENUATION; BODY COMPOSITION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIPID COMPOSITION; MALE; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

EID: 0033912816     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jappl.2000.89.1.104     Document Type: Article

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