Interscapular fat is strongly associated with insulin resistance

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 95, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 4736-4742

  Thamer, Claus ^a   Machann, Jürgen ^a   Staiger, Harald ^a   Müssig, Karsten ^a   Schwenzer, Nina ^a   Ludescher, Burkhard ^a   Machicao, Fausto ^a   Claussen, Claus ^a   Fritsche, Andreas ^a   Schick, Fritz ^a   Stefan, Norbert ^a   Häring, Hans Ulrich ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL SUBCUTANEOUS FAT; ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY FAT DISTRIBUTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INSULIN RESISTANCE; INSULIN SENSITIVITY; INTERSCAPULAR FAT; INTRAABDOMINAL FAT; LIPID STORAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ORAL GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; SHOULDER;

EID: 77957791292     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: 0021972X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jc.2009-1942     Document Type: Article

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