Effect of gender on intra-abdominal fat in teenagers and young adults

Pediatric Radiology

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 469-475

  Chung, Sandra A ^a   Dorey, Frederick ^a   Mittelman, Steven ^a   Gilsanz, Vicente ^a  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL LOS ANGELES   (United States)

Author keywords

CT; Intra abdominal fat; Subcutaneous fat; Teenagers; Young adults

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL SUBCUTANEOUS FAT; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEIGHT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTRAABDOMINAL FAT; LIPID STORAGE; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL MATURITY; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

ADOLESCENT; BODY COMPOSITION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRA-ABDOMINAL FAT; MALE; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79953834630     PISSN: 03010449     EISSN: 14321998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00247-010-1880-7     Document Type: Article

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