Is intra-abdominal obesity a unique risk factor for metabolic syndrome in non-diabetics?

Indian Journal of Medical Research

Volumn 131, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 603-605

  Vega, Gloria Lena ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INSULIN;

ABDOMINAL FAT; ABDOMINAL OBESITY; ADIPOCYTE; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CELL SIZE; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; GENOTYPE ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HYPERINSULINISM; IMMOBILIZATION; INDIA; INSULIN RESISTANCE; INTRAABDOMINAL FAT; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; NOTE; PANCREAS ISLET CELL HYPERPLASIA; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREVALENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SOUTH ASIA; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

ABDOMINAL FAT; BODY MASS INDEX; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; OBESITY; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 77952330274     PISSN: 09715916     EISSN: 09715916     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Note

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