Higher insulin, triglycerides, and blood pressure with greater trunk fat in Tanner 1 Chinese

Obesity

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 1004-1011

  He, Qing ^a,b   Zhang, Xiaojing ^c   He, Suyuan ^c   Gong, Luxia ^c   Sun, Yungao ^d   Heshka, Stanley ^a   Deckelbaum, Richard J ^b   Gallagher, Dympna ^a,b  

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

^b Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^c Jinan Maternity and Child Care Hospital   (China)

^d Mednet Research Center   (China)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular risk factors; Chinese; Fat distribution; Prepubertal

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; INSULIN; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; AGE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BLOOD PRESSURE; CHILD; CHINA; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MALE; OBESITY; PATHOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; AGE FACTORS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BLOOD PRESSURE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHINA; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; INSULIN; MALE; OBESITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TRIGLYCERIDES;

EID: 34248347862     PISSN: 19307381     EISSN: 1930739X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/oby.2007.599     Document Type: Article

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