The interrelation of birth weight and regional lipid deposition: a twins study

Metabolism: Clinical and Experimental

Volumn 55, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 561-562

  Hng, Tien Ming ^a   McLean, Mark ^a   Cheung, N Wah ^a   Thompson, Campbell H ^b  

^a WESTMEAD HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INSULIN;

ABDOMEN; ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY FAT DISTRIBUTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; FEMALE; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; INSULIN RESISTANCE; INSULIN SENSITIVITY; LIPID ANALYSIS; LIPID STORAGE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SUBCUTANEOUS FAT; TWINS; VISCERA; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ABDOMINAL FAT; ADULT; BODY COMPOSITION; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INSULIN RESISTANCE; LIPID METABOLISM; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 33646030644     PISSN: 00260495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.metabol.2006.01.007     Document Type: Article

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