Opposite associations of trunk and leg fat depots with plasma ferritin levels in middle-aged and older chinese men and women

PLoS ONE

Volumn 5, Issue 10, 2010, Pages

  Wu, Hongyu ^a   Qi, Qibin ^a   Yu, Zhijie ^a   Sun, Liang ^a   Li, Huaixing ^a   Lin, Xu ^a  

^a Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FERRITIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY FAT DISTRIBUTION; CHINESE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET RESTRICTION; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; FEMALE; FERRITIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; LEG; LIPID STORAGE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; SEX DIFFERENCE; TRUNK; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; WAIST HIP RATIO; ABDOMEN; ADIPOSE TISSUE; BLOOD; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS;

ABDOMEN; ADIPOSE TISSUE; AGED; FEMALE; FERRITINS; HUMANS; LEG; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS;

EID: 78149435687     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0013316     Document Type: Article

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