DXA-derived abdominal fat mass, waist circumference, and blood lipids in postmenopausal women

Obesity

Volumn 17, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1635-1640

  Vatanparast, Hassanali ^a   Chilibeck, Philip D ^a   Cornish, Stephen M ^a   Little, Jonathan P ^a   Paus Jenssen, Lisa S ^b   Case, Allison M ^b   Jay Biem, H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LIPID; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ABDOMINAL FAT; AGED; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PHOTON ABSORPTIOMETRY; POSTMENOPAUSE; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

ABDOMINAL FAT; ABSORPTIOMETRY, PHOTON; AGED; ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY MASS INDEX; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CHOLESTEROL; CHOLESTEROL, HDL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIPIDS; MIDDLE AGED; POSTMENOPAUSE; TRIGLYCERIDES; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

EID: 67749095669     PISSN: 19307381     EISSN: 1930739X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/oby.2009.80     Document Type: Article

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