Whole body magnetic resonance imaging of healthy newborn infants demonstrates increased central adiposity in Asian Indians

Pediatric Research

Volumn 65, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 584-587

  Modi, Neena ^a   Thomas, E Louise ^a   Uthaya, Sabita N ^a   Umranikar, Shalini ^b   Bell, Jimmy D ^a   Yajnik, Chittaranjan ^b  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b KEM HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEAD CIRCUMFERENCE; HUMAN; INDIAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WHOLE BODY MRI;

ABDOMINAL FAT; ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADIPOSITY; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CEPHALOMETRY; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTRA-ABDOMINAL FAT; LONDON; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; REFERENCE VALUES; SUBCUTANEOUS FAT;

EID: 65549094159     PISSN: 00313998     EISSN: 15300447     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1203/PDR.0b013e31819d98be     Document Type: Article

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