Regional subcutaneous fat characteristics stratified by sex, age, and obesity, and their relationships with total and visceral fat in a Japanese population

Journal of Physiological Anthropology

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 231-238

  Sato, Susumu ^a   Demura, Shinichi ^b  

^a KANAZAWA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Body fat distribution; Obesity type; Ultrasound; Visceral obesity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SUBCUTANEOUS FAT;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY COMPOSITION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; SEX FACTORS; SUBCUTANEOUS FAT; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 77449092775     PISSN: 18806791     EISSN: 18806805     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2114/jpa2.28.231     Document Type: Article

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