Mesenteric fat thickness is an independent determinant of metabolic syndrome and identifies subjects with increased carotid intima-media thickness

Diabetes Care

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 379-384

  Kin, Hung Liu ^a   Yu, Leung Chan ^a   Wing, Bun Chan ^a   Chan, Juliana Chung Ngor ^a   Chu, Chiu Wing Winnie ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY FAT; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CAROTID ARTERY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; INSULIN RESISTANCE; INTIMA; LIPID STORAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MESENTERY; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; OBESITY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; SUBCUTANEOUS FAT; ABDOMINAL FAT; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ASIAN; BODY MASS; ECHOGRAPHY; HISTOLOGY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATHOLOGY; PILOT STUDY; RISK; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ABDOMINAL FAT; ADULT; AREA UNDER CURVE; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BODY MASS INDEX; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MESENTERY; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ODDS RATIO; PILOT PROJECTS; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 33646357007     PISSN: 01495992     EISSN: 01495992     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2337/diacare.29.02.06.dc05-1578     Document Type: Article

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