The epidemiology of central fat distribution in relation to disease

Nutrition Reviews

Volumn 62, Issue 7 II, 2004, Pages

  Pi Sunyer, F Xavier ^a  

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

Author keywords

Cardiovascular disease; Central fat; Diabetes

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ASIAN; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONFERENCE PAPER; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; LIPID METABOLISM; LIPOLYSIS; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 4043116498     PISSN: 00296643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1753-4887.2004.tb00081.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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