Waist to hip ratio and trunk to extremity fat (DXA) are better surrogates for IMCL and for visceral fat respectively than for subcutaneous fat in adolescent girls

Nutrition and Metabolism

Volumn 7, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Savgan Gurol, Eray ^a   Bredella, Miriam ^a   Russell, Melissa ^a   Mendes, Nara ^a   Klibanski, Anne ^a   Misra, Madhusmita ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTRAMYOCELLULAR LIPID; LIPID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; FEMALE; HUMAN; ILIAC CREST; INTRAABDOMINAL FAT; OBESITY; SCHOOL CHILD; SOLEUS MUSCLE; SUBCUTANEOUS FAT; TRUNK TO EXTREMITY FAT; UMBILICUS; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; WAIST HIP RATIO; WAIST TO HEIGHT RATIO;

EID: 78649767438     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17437075     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1743-7075-7-86     Document Type: Article

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