The effects of body fat distribution on pulmonary function tests in the overweight and obese

Southern Medical Journal

Volumn 102, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 20-35

  Ceylan, Emel ^a   Çömlekçi, Abdurrahman ^b   Akkoçlu, Atila ^b   Ceylan, Cengiz ^b   Itil, Oya ^b   Ergör, Gül ^b   Yeşil, Sena ^b  

^a ADNAN MENDERES UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Bioelectrical impedance; Body composition; Body fat distribution; Pulmonary function test; Waist to hip ratio

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY FAT DISTRIBUTION; BODY MASS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EXPIRATORY RESERVE VOLUME; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; FUNCTIONAL RESIDUAL CAPACITY; HUMAN; LUNG DISEASE; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; MALE; OBESITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; SEX RATIO; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; TOTAL LUNG CAPACITY; VOLUNTEER; WAIST HIP RATIO; ADOLESCENT; CASE CONTROL STUDY; IMPEDANCE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BODY FAT DISTRIBUTION; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG DISEASES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS; TURKEY; WAIST-HIP RATIO;

EID: 59249108583     PISSN: 00384348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SMJ.0b013e31818c9585     Document Type: Article

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