Excess visceral adipose tissue/ectopic fat: The missing link in the obesity paradox?

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 57, Issue 19, 2011, Pages 1887-1889

  Desprs, Jean Pierre ^a,b  

^a LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

central obesity; coronary artery disease; mortality; waist circumference; waist hip ratio

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL OBESITY; ADIPOSE TISSUE; BODY FAT DISTRIBUTION; BODY MASS; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; INTRAABDOMINAL FAT; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MORTALITY; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; WAIST HIP RATIO;

BODY MASS INDEX; CORONARY DISEASE; HUMANS; INTRA-ABDOMINAL FAT; OBESITY;

EID: 79955637773     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2010.10.063     Document Type: Editorial

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