Significant associations of age, menopausal status and lifestyle factors with visceral adiposity in African-American and European-American women

Annals of Human Biology

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 247-256

  Demerath, Ellen W ^a   Rogers, Nikki L ^b   Reed, Derek ^c   Lee, Miryoung ^b   Choh, Audrey C ^b   Siervogel, Roger M ^b   Chumlea, Wm Cameron ^b   Towne, Bradford ^b   Czerwinski, Stefan A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b WRIGHT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c SINCLAIR COMMUNITY COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

adiposity; African American; ageing; ethnicity; magnetic resonance imaging; Menopause; obesity; race; visceral adipose tissue; women

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGE CLASS; AGING POPULATION; ETHNIC MINORITY; EUROPEAN IMMIGRANT; LIFESTYLE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; OBESITY; RACIAL DISPARITY; SMOKING; WOMENS HEALTH;

ABDOMINAL SUBCUTANEOUS FAT; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRAABDOMINAL FAT; LIFESTYLE; MENOPAUSE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OBESITY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ADIPOSITY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRA-ABDOMINAL FAT; LIFE STYLE; MENOPAUSE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; SUBCUTANEOUS FAT, ABDOMINAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79953093125     PISSN: 03014460     EISSN: 14645033     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/03014460.2010.524893     Document Type: Article

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