Impact of race/ethnicity on the relationship between visceral fat and inflammatory biomarkers

Obesity

Volumn 17, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1420-1427

  Carroll, Joan F ^a   Fulda, Kimberly G ^a   Chiapa, Ana L ^a   Rodriquez, Mayra ^a   Phelps, David R ^b   Cardarelli, Kathryn M ^a   Vishwanatha, Jamboor K ^a   Cardarelli, Roberto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS   (United States)

^b Radiol Associates of Tarrant County   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; FIBRINOGEN; INTERLEUKIN 6;

AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY MASS; CAUCASIAN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; INTRAABDOMINAL FAT; MALE; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SUBCUTANEOUS FAT; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY MASS INDEX; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; FIBRINOGEN; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; INTERLEUKIN-6; INTRA-ABDOMINAL FAT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SUBCUTANEOUS FAT; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

EID: 67649790324     PISSN: 19307381     EISSN: 1930739X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/oby.2008.657     Document Type: Article

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