Waist to height ratio as a predictor of abdominal fat distribution in men

Chinese Journal of Physiology

Volumn 52, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 441-445

  Wu, Hong Yan ^a,b   Xu, Shuang Ying ^b   Chen, Lu Lu ^a   Zhang, Hui Fang ^a  

^a HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b YANGTZE UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Central obesity; Subcutaneous abdominal adipose tissue; Visceral abdominal adipose tissue; Waist to height ratio

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL FAT; ABDOMINAL SUBCUTANEOUS FAT; ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; HUMAN; INTRAABDOMINAL FAT; MALE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; WAIST HIP RATIO; WAIST TO HEIGHT RATIO;

EID: 75449112000     PISSN: 03044920     EISSN: 26660059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4077/CJP.2009.AMH064     Document Type: Article

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