Sex differences of body fat distribution and cardiovascular dysmetabolic factors in old age

Age and Ageing

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 331-336

  Wu, Chih Hsing ^a   Yao, Wei Jen ^a   Lu, Feng Hwa ^a   Yang, Yi Ching ^a   Wu, Jin Shang ^a   Chang, Chih Jen ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Body fat distribution; Cardiovascular dysmetabolic factors; Centrality index

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; GLUCOSE; GLYCOSYLATED HEMOGLOBIN; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LIPID; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY DISTRIBUTION; BODY FAT; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION FUNCTION; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; GLUCOSE TOLERANCE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LIPID METABOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL CARE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TAIWAN;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIOVASCULAR ABNORMALITIES; CHOLESTEROL; CHOLESTEROL, HDL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FATS; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; TRIGLYCERIDES;

EID: 0034857109     PISSN: 00020729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ageing/30.4.331     Document Type: Article

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