Development of abdominal fat and incipient metabolic syndrome in young healthy men exposed to long-term stress

Nutrition, Metabolism and Cardiovascular Diseases

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 427-435

  Branth, Stefan ^a   Ronquist, Gunnar ^b   Stridsberg, Mats ^b   Hambraeus, Leif ^a,c   Kindgren, Erik ^a   Olsson, Roger ^a   Carlander, David ^b   Arnetz, Bengt ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Blood pressure; Metabolic syndrome; Nutrition; Obesity; Stress

Indexed keywords

GLYCOSYLATED HEMOGLOBIN; HEMOGLOBIN A1C PROTEIN, HUMAN; INSULIN; LIPID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ABDOMINAL FAT; ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY WEIGHT; CALORIC INTAKE; CHRONIC DISEASE; ENDURANCE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; METABOLISM; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SHIP; TIME;

ABDOMINAL FAT; ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY WEIGHT; CHRONIC DISEASE; ENERGY INTAKE; HEART RATE; HEMOGLOBIN A, GLYCOSYLATED; HUMANS; INSULIN; LIPIDS; MALE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; PHYSICAL ENDURANCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SHIPS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 34447530777     PISSN: 09394753     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.numecd.2006.03.001     Document Type: Article

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