Visceral adiposity would be expected to predict incident diabetes better in women than men

Diabetologia

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 393-395

  Schooling, C M ^a   Jiang, C Q ^b   Zhang, W S ^b   Lam, T H ^a   Cheng, K K ^c   Leung, G M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b Guangzhou Number 12 Hospital   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Blood pressure; China; Diabetes; Glucose; Muscle mass; Older; Waist hip ratio

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE;

BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EPIGENETICS; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEALTH ECONOMICS; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; LETTER; MUSCLE MASS; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; SEX DIFFERENCE; VISCERA; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; WAIST HIP RATIO;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; VISCERA; WAIST-HIP RATIO;

EID: 77949289939     PISSN: 0012186X     EISSN: 14320428     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00125-009-1613-3     Document Type: Letter

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