Low subcutaneous thigh fat is a risk factor for unfavourable glucose and lipid levels, independently of high abdominal fat. The Health ABC Study

Diabetologia

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 301-308

  Snijder, M B ^a,b   Visser, M ^a,b   Dekker, J M ^a   Goodpaster, B H ^c   Harris, T B ^d   Kritchevsky, S B ^e   De Rekeneire, N ^d   Kanaya, A M ^f   Newman, A B ^c   Tylavsky, F A ^e,g   Seidell, J C ^a,b  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING   (United States)

^e WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Elderly; Ethnicity; Glucose; Hip circumference; Lipids; Subcutaneous fat; Thigh; Visceral fat; Waist circumference

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ABDOMEN; AGED; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY FAT; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GLUCOSE METABOLISM; HUMAN; LIPID METABOLISM; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SUBCUTANEOUS FAT; THIGH; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

ABDOMEN; ADIPOSE TISSUE; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGED; BLOOD GLUCOSE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY SIZE; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIPIDS; MALE; NETHERLANDS; RISK FACTORS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SKIN;

EID: 20244380781     PISSN: 0012186X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00125-004-1637-7     Document Type: Article

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