Energy Partitioning in Gluteal-Femoral Fat: Does the Metabolic Fate of Triglycerides Affect Coronary Heart Disease Risk?

Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis, and Vascular Biology

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 795-797

  Lemieux, Isabelle ^a  

^a LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; BODY FAT; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; EDITORIAL; HEART PROTECTION; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LIPID METABOLISM; LIPID STORAGE; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; BUTTOCKS; CORONARY DISEASE; DENSITOMETRY, X-RAY; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERLIPIDEMIAS; INSULIN RESISTANCE; MALE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; RISK FACTORS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SOMATOTYPES; SUBCUTANEOUS TISSUE; THIGH; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TRIGLYCERIDES; VISCERA;

EID: 2442494261     PISSN: 10795642     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.ATV.0000126485.80373.33     Document Type: Editorial

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