Insulin resistance in the middle-aged women with " Tigerish Back and Bearish Waist"

Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice

Volumn 90, Issue 3, 2010, Pages

  Lee, Jen Kuang ^a,b   Wu, Cho Kai ^c   Lin, Lian Yu ^a   Cheng, Chia Lin ^a   Lin, Jou Wei ^c   Hwang, Juey Jen ^a   Chiang, Fu Tien ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Anthropometrics; Epidemiology; Insulin resistance; Menopause

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; BODY FAT DISTRIBUTION; BODY WEIGHT; CLIMACTERIUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INSULIN RESISTANCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POSTMENOPAUSE; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; THIGH CIRCUMFLEX; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; AGED; ARM; BODY CONSTITUTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INSULIN RESISTANCE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTMENOPAUSE; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; THIGH; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

EID: 78649471270     PISSN: 01688227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.diabres.2010.09.019     Document Type: Article

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