Associations between breast adipose tissue, body fat distribution and cardiometabolic risk in women: Cross-sectional data and weight-loss intervention

European Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 65, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 784-790

  Schautz, B ^a   Later, W ^a   Heller, M ^b   Muller M J ^a   Bosy Westphal, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SCHLESWIG HOLSTEIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

body fat distribution; breast adipose tissue; magnetic resonance imaging; visceral adipose tissue

Indexed keywords

ADIPOCYTOKINE; ADIPONECTIN; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LEPTIN; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY FAT DISTRIBUTION; BODY MASS; BREAST; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; INSULIN BLOOD LEVEL; INTRAABDOMINAL FAT; LIPID ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; METABOLIC DISORDER; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OBESITY; PHENOTYPE; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; RISK FACTOR; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; WEIGHT REDUCTION; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ADIPOSE TISSUE, WHITE; ADIPOSITY; ADULT; BODY FAT DISTRIBUTION; BREAST; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; INTRA-ABDOMINAL FAT; LEG; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; MIDDLE AGED; OVERWEIGHT; RISK FACTORS; SUBCUTANEOUS FAT; WEIGHT LOSS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79960075545     PISSN: 09543007     EISSN: 14765640     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ejcn.2011.35     Document Type: Article

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