Ethnic-specific differences in abdominal subcutaneous adipose tissue compartments

Obesity

Volumn 18, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 2177-2183

  Kohli, Simi ^a   Sniderman, Allan D ^b   Tchernof, André ^c   Lear, Scott A ^a,d  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL OBESITY; ABDOMINAL SUBCUTANEOUS FAT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASIAN; BODY FAT DISTRIBUTION; BODY FLUID COMPARTMENT; CAUCASIAN; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHOTON ABSORPTIOMETRY; RADIOGRAPHY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ABSORPTIOMETRY, PHOTON; ADULT; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BODY FAT DISTRIBUTION; BODY FLUID COMPARTMENTS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY, ABDOMINAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEX FACTORS; SUBCUTANEOUS FAT, ABDOMINAL;

EID: 78049296923     PISSN: 19307381     EISSN: 1930739X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/oby.2010.94     Document Type: Article

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