Anthropometric indicators of insulin resistance;Indicadores antropométricos de resistência à insulina

Arquivos Brasileiros de Cardiologia

Volumn 95, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Vasques, Ana Carolina Junqueira ^a   Rosado, Lina ^a   Rosado, Gilberto ^a   Ribeiro, Rita De Cassia ^a   Franceschini, Sylvia ^a   Geloneze, Bruno ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF VIÇOSA   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Anthropometry; Insulin resistance; Intra abdominal fat; abdominal circumference; Obesity

Indexed keywords

INSULIN;

ABDOMEN; ABDOMINAL OBESITY; ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; ECHOGRAPHY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; EUGLYCEMIC HYPERINSULINEMIC CLAMP; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GLUCOSE CLAMP TECHNIQUE; GLUCOSE INTOLERANCE; HUMAN; INSULIN BLOOD LEVEL; INSULIN RESISTANCE; INSULINEMIA; LABORATORY; METABOLIC DISORDER; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; METABOLICALLY OBESE NORMAL WEIGHT; NECK; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OBESITY; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SAGITTAL ABDOMINAL DIAMETER; THIGH; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; WAIST HIP RATIO;

BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHTS AND MEASURES; HUMANS; INSULIN RESISTANCE; INTRA-ABDOMINAL FAT; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RISK FACTORS; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; WAIST-HIP RATIO;

EID: 77956793036     PISSN: 0066782X     EISSN: 16784170     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0066-782X2010000700025     Document Type: Review

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