Regional adiposity distribution and insulin resistance in young Chinese and European Australian women

Scandinavian Journal of Clinical and Laboratory Investigation

Volumn 71, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 653-657

  Boutcher, Stephen H ^a   Dunn, Sarah L ^b   Gail Trapp, E ^a   Freund, Judith ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LA VERNE   (United States)

^c ST VINCENT S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

body fat distribution; ethnicity; Insulin resistance

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; FAT;

ADULT; ARM; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BODY FAT DISTRIBUTION; CHINESE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET RESTRICTION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; ENZYME CHEMISTRY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GLUCOSE HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; INSULIN BLOOD LEVEL; INSULIN RESISTANCE; LEG; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; OBESITY; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRUNK;

ABSORPTIOMETRY, PHOTON; ADIPOSITY; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AUSTRALIA; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; INSULIN; INSULIN RESISTANCE; LIPIDS; OBESITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 81255195752     PISSN: 00365513     EISSN: 15027686     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/00365513.2011.618845     Document Type: Article

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