Relation of regional fat distribution to insulin sensitivity in postmenopausal women

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 73, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 61-65

  Sites, Cynthia K ^a   Calles Escandón, Jorge ^a   Brochu, Martin ^a   Butterfield, Marylou ^a   Ashikaga, Takamaru ^a   Poehlman, Eric T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Body composition; Body fat distribution; Diabetes mellitus; Glucose clamp technique; Insulin resistance; Menopause

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY FAT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; FEMALE; GLUCOSE CLAMP TECHNIQUE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INSULIN SENSITIVITY; NORMAL HUMAN; POSTMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUBCUTANEOUS FAT;

ABDOMEN; ADIPOSE TISSUE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY CONSTITUTION; BODY MASS INDEX; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DENSITOMETRY, X-RAY; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; FEMALE; FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE; GLUCOSE CLAMP TECHNIQUE; HUMANS; INSULIN; INSULIN RESISTANCE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTMENOPAUSE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0033985314     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0015-0282(99)00453-7     Document Type: Article

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