Fat in android, trunk, and peripheral regions varies by ethnicity and race in college aged women

Obesity

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 660-665

  Stults Kolehmainen, Matthew A ^a   Stanforth, Philip R ^b   Bartholomew, John B ^b  

^a NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FAT;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; ASIAN; BODY FAT DISTRIBUTION; BODY MASS; BODY REGIONS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; IMAGE DISPLAY; INTERRATER RELIABILITY; LIPID STORAGE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; RACE DIFFERENCE; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ABSORPTIOMETRY, PHOTON; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; ASIAN AMERICANS; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY FAT DISTRIBUTION; BODY MASS INDEX; COHORT STUDIES; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; INSULIN RESISTANCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; UNITED STATES; WAIST-HIP RATIO; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84857691536     PISSN: 19307381     EISSN: 1930739X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/oby.2011.300     Document Type: Article

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