Body fat distribution and early arterial changes in healthy 5-year-old children

Annals of Medicine

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 350-359

  Geerts, Caroline C ^a   Evelein, Annemieke M V ^a   Bots, Michiel L ^a   Van Der Ent, Cornelis K ^b   Grobbee, Diederick E ^a   Uiterwaal, Cuno S P M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Arterial stiffness; Body fat distribution; Body mass index; Carotid intima media thickness; Early life

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL FAT; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARTERIAL STIFFNESS; ARTERIAL WALL THICKNESS; ARTERY; ARTERY COMPLIANCE; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL FUNCTION; BODY FAT DISTRIBUTION; BODY MASS; BODY SIZE; BODY WEIGHT; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CAROTID ARTERY; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; YOUNG MODULUS;

ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY FAT DISTRIBUTION; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; CAROTID ARTERIES; CAROTID INTIMA-MEDIA THICKNESS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONFOUNDING FACTORS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRA-ABDOMINAL FAT; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; OBESITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; VASCULAR STIFFNESS;

EID: 84860171555     PISSN: 07853890     EISSN: 13652060     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/07853890.2011.558520     Document Type: Article

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