Racial differences in subcutaneous and visceral fat distribution in postmenopausal black and white women

Metabolism: Clinical and Experimental

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 186-191

  Kanaley, J A ^a,b   Giannopoulou, I ^a,b   Tillapaugh Fay, G ^a,b   Nappi, J S ^a,b   Ploutz Snyder, L L ^a,b  

^a SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b State University of New York Upstate Medical University: College of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; CONJUGATED ESTROGEN; CONJUGATED ESTROGEN PLUS MEDROXYPROGESTERONE ACETATE; GLUCOSE; INSULIN; LIPID; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ABDOMEN; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY FAT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CALCULATION; CAUCASIAN; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET RESTRICTION; DRUG USE; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GLUCOSE HOMEOSTASIS; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; INSULIN BLOOD LEVEL; INSULIN RESISTANCE; INSULIN SENSITIVITY; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; MENOPAUSAL SYNDROME; NEGRO; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSTMENOPAUSE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SUBCUTANEOUS FAT; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL; VISCERA;

EID: 0037302012     PISSN: 00260495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/meta.2003.50024     Document Type: Article

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