Evaluation of visceral adipose in abdominal obesity and its clinical application

National Medical Journal of China

Volumn 88, Issue 34, 2008, Pages 2391-2394

  Pu, Yun Fei ^a   He, Hong Bo ^a   Zhao, Zhi Gang ^a   Chen, Jing ^a   Ni, Yin Xing ^a   Zhong, Jian ^a   Liu, Hao Yu ^a   Yan, Zhen Cheng ^a   Zhu, Zhi Ming ^a  

^a Department of Hypertension and Endocrinology   (China)

Author keywords

Adipose tissue; Body fat parameters; Obesity

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL OBESITY; ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANALYZER; ARTICLE; B SCAN; BODY FAT; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; IMPEDANCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VISCERA; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; WAIST HIP RATIO;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 56849089486     PISSN: 03762491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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