Waist-to-hip ratio and adipose tissue distribution: Contribution of subcutaneous adiposity

American Journal of Human Biology

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 428-432

  Daniel, Mark ^a   Martin, Alan D ^b   Drinkwater, Donald T ^c   Clarys, Jan P ^d   Marfell Jones, Michael J ^e  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^d VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

^e Universal College of Learning   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARM; ARTICLE; CADAVER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISSECTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEG; MALE; MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SUBCUTANEOUS FAT; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TRUNK;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY COMPOSITION; CADAVER; DISSECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; REFERENCE VALUES;

EID: 0038752768     PISSN: 10420533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajhb.10165     Document Type: Article

References (12)

1. Clarys JP, Martin AD, Drinkwater DT. 1984. Gross tissue weights in the human body by cadaver dissection. Hum Biol 56:459-473.
2. Clarys JP, Martin AD, Drinkwater DT, Marfell-Jones MJ. 1987. The skinfold: myth and reality. J Sport Sci 5:3-33.
3. Ferland M, Despres JP, Tremblay A, Pinault S, Nadeau A, Moorjani S, Lupien PJ, Theriault G, Bouchard C. 1989. Assessment of adipose tissue distribution by computed axial tomography in obese women: association with body density and anthropometric measurements. Br J Nutr 61:139-148.
4. Gagnon J, Roth J, Finzer W, Hofmann R, Haycock K, Simpson J, Feldman D. 1991. SuperANOVA, Version 1.1. Abacus Concepts: Berkeley, CA.
5. Grant JCB. 1967. Grant's dissector. 6th edition. Baltimore: Williams and Wilkins.
6. Lapidus L, Bergtsson C, Larsson B, Pennert K, Rybo E, Sjostrom L. 1984. Distribution of adipose tissue and risk of cardiovascular disease and death: a 12 year follow up of participants in the population study of women in Gothenburg, Sweden. Br Med J 289:1257-1261.
7. Lapidus L, Helgesson Ö, Merck C, Björntorp P. 1988. Adipose tissue distribution and female carcinomas. A 12 year follow-up of participants in the population study of women in Gothenburg, Sweden. Int J Obes 12:361-368.
8. Larsson B, Svardsudd K, Welin L, Wilhelmsen L, Björntorp P, Tibblin G. 1984. Abdominal adipose tissue distribution, obesity, and risk of cardiovascular disease and death: 13 years' follow up of participants in the study of men born in 1913. Br Med J 288:1401-1404.
9. Martin AD, Drinkwater DT, Clarys JP. 1984. Human body surface area: validation of formulae based on a cadaver study. Hum Biol 56:475-488.
10. Ohlson LO, Larsson B, Svardsudd K. 1985. The influence of body fat distribution on the incidence on diabetes mellitus: 13.5 years of follow-up of participants on the study of men born in 1913. Diabetes 34: 1055-1058.
11. Schlemmer A, Hassager C, Haarbo J, Christiansen C. 1990. Direct measurement of abdominal fat by dual photon absorptiometry. Int J Obes 14:603-611.
12. Smith U. 1988. Importance of the regional distribution of the adipose tissue. Acta Med Scand 723(Suppl): 233-236.