Visceral adipose tissue: Relationships between single slice areas at different locations and obesity-related health risks

International Journal of Obesity

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 763-769

  Shen, W ^a   Punyanitya, M ^a   Chen, J ^a   Gallagher, D ^a   Albu, J ^a   Pi Sunyer, X ^a   Lewis, C E ^b   Grunfeld, C ^c   Heymsfield, S B ^d   Heshka, S ^a  

^a Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons ^*  (United States)

^b University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d MERCK RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Abdominal obesity; Body composition; Computed tomography; Magnetic resonance imaging; Metabolic syndrome

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; INSULIN; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ABDOMINAL OBESITY; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIET RESTRICTION; DISEASE MARKER; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; INSULIN BLOOD LEVEL; INTRAABDOMINAL FAT; MALE; MENOPAUSE; METABOLISM; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE; RELIABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL; WHOLE BODY MRI;

ABDOMEN; ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; RISK FACTORS; TRIGLYCERIDES;

EID: 34247492586     PISSN: 03070565     EISSN: 14765497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ijo.0803474     Document Type: Article

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