The association between birth weight and visceral fat in middle-age adults

Obesity

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 816-819

  McNeely, Marguerite J ^a,c   Fujimoto, Wilfred Y ^a   Leonetti, Donna L ^a   Tsai, Elaine C ^a   Boyko, Edward J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b VA PUGET SOUND HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Asian Americans; Body composition; Risk factors; Type 2 diabetes

Indexed keywords

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY MASS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GENETICS; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; OBESITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY MASS INDEX; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; OBESITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 34248399602     PISSN: 19307381     EISSN: 1930739X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/oby.2007.596     Document Type: Article

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