Elevation in cardiovascular disease risk in south asians is mediated by differences in visceral adipose tissue

Obesity

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1293-1300

  Lear, Scott A ^a,b   Chockalingam, Arun ^c   Kohli, Simi ^a   Richardson, Chris G ^b   Humphries, Karin H ^b  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c NATIONAL HEART LUNG AND BLOOD INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; GLUCOSE; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; INSULIN; LIPID; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ABDOMINAL SUBCUTANEOUS FAT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BODY FAT; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNICITY; EUROPEAN; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; INCOME; INSULIN BLOOD LEVEL; INTRAABDOMINAL FAT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENOPAUSE; PHENOTYPE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOUTH ASIAN; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL;

ABSORPTIOMETRY, PHOTON; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BLOOD GLUCOSE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY MASS INDEX; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CHOLESTEROL, HDL; COHORT STUDIES; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; INTRA-ABDOMINAL FAT; LIPIDS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PHENOTYPE; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL CLASS; SUBCUTANEOUS FAT, ABDOMINAL; TRIGLYCERIDES;

EID: 84861570849     PISSN: 19307381     EISSN: 1930739X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/oby.2011.395     Document Type: Article

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