Relation of C-reactive protein to body fat distribution and features of the metabolic syndrome in Europeans and South Asians

International Journal of Obesity

Volumn 25, Issue 9, 2001, Pages 1327-1331

  Forouhi, N G ^a   Sattar, N ^b   McKeigue, P M ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b NHS GREATER GLASGOW AND CLYDE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

C reactive protein; Central obesity; Inflammation; Metabolic syndrome; South Asian

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY FAT; BODY WEIGHT; CYTOKINE RELEASE; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; EUROPE; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERINSULINEMIA; INFLAMMATION; INSULIN RESISTANCE; INSULIN RESPONSE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METABOLIC DISORDER; OBESITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUTH ASIA; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; ASIA; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY CONSTITUTION; BODY MASS INDEX; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EUROPE; FEMALE; GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; INSULIN; INSULIN RESISTANCE; LIPIDS; MALE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY;

EID: 0034840453     PISSN: 03070565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ijo.0801723     Document Type: Article

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