Leg fat percentage correlates negatively with coronary atherosclerosis

Circulation Journal

Volumn 68, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 1173-1178

  Hara, Masahide ^a   Saikawa, Tetsunori ^a   Kurokawa, Mamoru ^b   Sakata, Toshiie ^a   Yoshimatsu, Hironobu ^a  

^a OITA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Body fat distribution; Coronary artery disease; Coronary score; Dual energy X ray absorptiometry (DEXA); Serum lipids

Indexed keywords

LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; VERY LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY FAT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HUMAN; LEG; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SCORING SYSTEM; TRUNK;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; AGED; BODY COMPOSITION; CHOLESTEROL, LDL; CHOLESTEROL, VLDL; CORONARY ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; DENSITOMETRY, X-RAY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEG; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 10944234898     PISSN: 13469843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1253/circj.68.1173     Document Type: Article

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