Sonographic assessment of abdominal fat distribution in infancy

European Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 24, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 521-529

  Holzhauer, Susanne ^a   Zwijsen, Renate M L ^b   Jaddoe, Vincent W V ^a,c   Boehm, Guenther ^c,d   Moll, Henriette A ^c   Mulder, Paul G ^a   Kleyburg Linkers, Veronica A ^a   Hofman, Albert ^a   Witteman, Jacqueline C M ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b NUMICO RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^c SOPHIA CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^d Numico Research   (Germany)

Author keywords

Abdominal fat distribution; Body composition; Infancy; Intraabdominal fat; Sonography; Visceral fat

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY FAT DISTRIBUTION; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRAABDOMINAL FAT; ULTRASOUND;

AGE FACTORS; BODY FAT DISTRIBUTION; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EVALUATION STUDIES AS TOPIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INTRA-ABDOMINAL FAT; MALE; NETHERLANDS; OBSERVER VARIATION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REFERENCE VALUES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEX FACTORS; SUBCUTANEOUS FAT;

EID: 70349241548     PISSN: 03932990     EISSN: 15737284     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10654-009-9368-1     Document Type: Article

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