Truncal fat in relation to total body fat: Influences of age, sex, ethnicity and fatness

International Journal of Obesity

Volumn 31, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1384-1391

  Wu, C H ^a,b   Heshka, S ^a   Wang, J ^a   Pierson Jr , R N ^a   Heymsfield, S B ^a   Laferrere B ^a   Wang, Z ^a   Albu, J B ^a   Pi Sunyer, X ^a   Gallagher, D ^a,c  

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

^b NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c Department of Neurology and the Taub Institute for Research on Alzheimer's Disease and the Aging Brain   (United States)

Author keywords

Central obesity; Dual energy X ray absorptiometry; Fat distribution; Percent body fat; Race

Indexed keywords

ANTIOBESITY AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY FAT; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTHROPOMETRY; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BODY COMPOSITION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 34548331575     PISSN: 03070565     EISSN: 14765497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ijo.0803624     Document Type: Article

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