Fat distribution influences the cardio-metabolic profile in a clinically healthy European population

European Journal of Clinical Investigation

Volumn 39, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1055-1064

  Bobbioni Harsch, E ^a   Pataky, Z ^a   Makoundou, V ^a   Kozakova, M ^b   Dekker, J ^c   Golay, A ^a  

^a GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^c VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular disease; Fat distribution; Glucose and lipid metabolism

Indexed keywords

ADIPONECTIN; C PEPTIDE; GLUCOSE; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; INSULIN; LIPID; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADULT; ARTERIAL WALL THICKNESS; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BODY FAT DISTRIBUTION; BODY HEIGHT; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; COMMON CAROTID ARTERY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; GLUCOSE TRANSPORT; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HYPERINSULINEMIA; INSULIN BLOOD LEVEL; INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; WAIST HIP RATIO;

ADULT; C-PEPTIDE; CAROTID ARTERY, COMMON; CHOLESTEROL; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; GLUCOSE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; INSULIN; INSULIN RESISTANCE; LIPIDS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TRIGLYCERIDES; TUNICA INTIMA; TUNICA MEDIA; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; WAIST-HIP RATIO;

EID: 70449476128     PISSN: 00142972     EISSN: 13652362     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2362.2009.02211.x     Document Type: Article

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