Subcutaneous thigh fat area is unrelated to risk of type 2 diabetes in a prospective study of Japanese Americans

Diabetologia

Volumn 54, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 2795-2800

  Hoyer, D ^a   Boyko, E J ^a,b   McNeely, M J ^a   Leonetti, D L ^a   Kahn, S E ^a,b   Fujimoto, W Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b VA PUGET SOUND HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Adiposity; Computed tomography; Diabetes mellitus; Epidemiology; Japanese American; Prospective study; Thigh circumference; Thigh subcutaneous fat; Visceral fat; Waist circumference

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE;

ABDOMINAL SUBCUTANEOUS FAT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASIAN AMERICAN; BODY MASS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET RESTRICTION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; INTRAABDOMINAL FAT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; ORAL GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SUBCUTANEOUS FAT; SUBCUTANEOUS THIGH FAT;

ADIPOSITY; ADULT; AGED; ASIAN AMERICANS; BODY SIZE; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPOGLYCEMIC AGENTS; INCIDENCE; INTRA-ABDOMINAL FAT; JAPAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OVERWEIGHT; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK; SUBCUTANEOUS FAT; THIGH; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; WASHINGTON;

EID: 81155150995     PISSN: 0012186X     EISSN: 14320428     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00125-011-2275-5     Document Type: Article

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