The subcutaneous abdominal fat and not the intraabdominal fat compartment is associated with anovulation in women with obesity and infertility

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 95, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 2107-2112

  Kuchenbecker, Walter K H ^a,b   Groen, Henk ^a   Zijlstra, Tineke M ^a   Bolster, Johanna H T ^a   Slart, Riemer H J ^a   Van Der Jagt, Erik J ^a   Muller Kobold, Anneke C ^a   Wolffenbuttel, Bruce H R ^a   Land, Jolande A ^a   Hoek, Annemieke ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b ISALA HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL FAT; ADULT; ANOVULATION; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISTRIBUTION VOLUME; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; HUMAN; INTRAABDOMINAL FAT; LIPID STORAGE; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUBCUTANEOUS FAT; TRUNK; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; ABDOMEN; BLOOD; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HISTOLOGY; OVULATION; PATHOLOGY; PHOTON ABSORPTIOMETRY; PHYSIOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

INSULIN; TESTOSTERONE;

ABDOMEN; ABDOMINAL FAT; ABSORPTIOMETRY, PHOTON; ADULT; ANOVULATION; BLOOD GLUCOSE; BODY MASS INDEX; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; INSULIN; OBESITY; OVULATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TESTOSTERONE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 77952773261     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: 0021972X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jc.2009-1915     Document Type: Article

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