Sex-specific fat distribution is not linear across pubertal groups in a multiethnic study

Obesity Research

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 725-733

  He, Qing ^a,b   Horlick, Mary ^a,c   Thornton, John ^a   Wang, Jack ^a   Pierson Jr , Richard N ^a   Heshka, Stanley ^a   Gallagher, Dympna ^a,b  

^a ST LUKE S ROOSEVELT HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Clinical Nutrition   (United States)

^c Columbia University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Adiposity; Body composition; Children; Race; Sex

Indexed keywords

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADOLESCENT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; ASIAN AMERICAN; BODY COMPOSITION; CAUCASIAN; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PUBERTY; RACE; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SKINFOLD THICKNESS;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADOLESCENT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; ASIAN AMERICANS; BODY COMPOSITION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; ETHNIC GROUPS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PUBERTY; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SKINFOLD THICKNESS;

EID: 3042767925     PISSN: 10717323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/oby.2004.85     Document Type: Article

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