Associations of the limb fat to trunk fat ratio with markers of cardiometabolic risk in elderly men and women

Journals of Gerontology - Series A Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences

Volumn 64, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1066-1070

  Saunders, Travis J ^a   Davidson, Lance E ^b   Janiszewski, Peter M ^a   Després, Jean Pierre ^c,d   Hudson, Robert ^a   Ross, Robert ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^c LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Adiponectin; Aging; Insulin resistance; Limb fat; Trunk fat

Indexed keywords

ADIPONECTIN; GLUCOSE; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ABDOMINAL OBESITY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INSULIN RESISTANCE; LIMB; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL; TRUNK;

ABDOMINAL FAT; ADIPONECTIN; ADIPOSITY; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BLOOD GLUCOSE; CHOLESTEROL, HDL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INSULIN RESISTANCE; LEG; MALE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; RISK FACTORS; SUBCUTANEOUS FAT; TRIGLYCERIDES;

EID: 69949085960     PISSN: 10795006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/gerona/glp079     Document Type: Article

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