Age and sex differences in fat distribution in non-obese Japanese children

Journal of Pediatric Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 23, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 873-878

  Satake, Eiichiro ^a   Nakagawa, Yuichi ^a   Kubota, Akira ^b   Saegusa, Hirokazu ^c   Sano, Shin Ichiro ^a   Ohzeki, Takehiko ^a  

^a HAMAMATSU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b Kikugawa General Hospital   (Japan)

^c Ensyu General Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Children; CT; Metabolic syndrome; Normal; Sex differences; Visceral fat

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY FAT DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRAABDOMINAL FAT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; OBESITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; SUBCUTANEOUS FAT;

EID: 77958598337     PISSN: 0334018X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/jpem.2010.141     Document Type: Article

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