Is there a threshold of visceral fat loss that improves the metabolic profile in obese postmenopausal women?

Metabolism: Clinical and Experimental

Volumn 52, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 599-604

  Brochu, Martin ^a,c,d   Tchernof, André ^b,c,d   Turner, Amy N ^b,c,d   Ades, Philip A ^b,c,d   Poehlman, Eric T ^b,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONTREAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; INSULIN; LIPID; LIPOPROTEIN; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; AGED; ANALYTICAL PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BODY FAT; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DIET RESTRICTION; FEMALE; GLUCOSE CLAMP TECHNIQUE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; HYPERINSULINEMIA; INSULIN SENSITIVITY; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; LIPID STORAGE; LIPOPROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; LOW FAT DIET; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; METABOLISM; OBESITY; PATIENT EDUCATION; POSTMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REST; SITTING; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SUBCUTANEOUS FAT; SUPINE POSITION; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; VISCERA; WEIGHT REDUCTION; BLOOD; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY COMPOSITION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; INSULIN RESISTANCE; MIDDLE AGED; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; AGED; BLOOD GLUCOSE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY COMPOSITION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INSULIN; INSULIN RESISTANCE; LIPIDS; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; POSTMENOPAUSE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 0038410179     PISSN: 00260495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/meta.2003.50095     Document Type: Article

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