Nonlinear relationships between visceral fat area and percent regional fat mass in the trunk and the lower limbs in Japanese adults

European Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 62, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1395-1404

  Demura, S ^a   Sato, S ^b  

^a KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KANAZAWA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL OBESITY; ABDOMINAL SUBCUTANEOUS FAT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY FAT DISTRIBUTION; BODY MASS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRAABDOMINAL FAT; JAPAN; JAPANESE; LEG; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; SEX DIFFERENCE; TRUNK;

ABSORPTIOMETRY, PHOTON; ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY MASS INDEX; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRA-ABDOMINAL FAT; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; THINNESS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 57449108271     PISSN: 09543007     EISSN: 14765640     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ejcn.1602887     Document Type: Article

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