What are the physical characteristics associated with a normal metabolic profile despite a high level of obesity in postmenopausal women?

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 86, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 1020-1025

  Brochu, Martin ^a   Tchernof, André ^a   Dionne, Isabelle J ^a   Sites, Cynthia K ^b   Eltabbakh, Georgia H ^b   Sims, Ethan A H ^b   Poehlman, Eric T ^a,b  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; INSULIN; LIPOPROTEIN; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY FAT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENERGY EXPENDITURE; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; HUMAN; INSULIN BLOOD LEVEL; INSULIN RESISTANCE; INSULIN SENSITIVITY; LIPID STORAGE; LIPOPROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; METABOLIC PARAMETERS; OBESITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PHYSICAL PARAMETERS; POSTMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SITTING; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; AGED; AGING; BLOOD GLUCOSE; BODY COMPOSITION; CHOLESTEROL, HDL; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEMALE; GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; HUMANS; INSULIN; INSULIN RESISTANCE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; POSTMENOPAUSE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TRIGLYCERIDES;

GYMNOMYZA SAMOENSIS;

EID: 0035052940     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jc.86.3.1020     Document Type: Article

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