Regional body fat distribution and metabolic profile in postmenopausal women

Metabolism: Clinical and Experimental

Volumn 57, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1101-1107

  Piché, Marie Ève ^a,b   Lapointe, Annie ^a   Weisnagel, S John ^b,c   Corneau, Louise ^a   Nadeau, André ^b   Bergeron, Jean ^b   Lemieux, Simone ^a,b  

^a LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APOLIPOPROTEIN B; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ABDOMINAL SUBCUTANEOUS FAT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY FAT DISTRIBUTION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HORMONAL THERAPY; HUMAN; INSULIN SENSITIVITY; INTRAABDOMINAL FAT; METABOLIC PARAMETERS; ORAL GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PARTICLE SIZE; POSTMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUBCUTANEOUS FAT; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL;

AGED; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY FAT DISTRIBUTION; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; CHOLESTEROL; FEMALE; GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; HUMANS; INSULIN RESISTANCE; INTRA-ABDOMINAL FAT; LIPOPROTEINS; MIDDLE AGED; POSTMENOPAUSE; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TRIGLYCERIDES;

EID: 47149102944     PISSN: 00260495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.metabol.2008.03.015     Document Type: Article

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