Asian ethnicity is associated with a higher trunk/peripheral fat ratio in women and adolescent girls

Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 130-135

  Morimoto, Yukiko ^a   Maskarinec, Gertraud ^a   Conroy, Shannon M ^a   Lim, Unhee ^a   Shepherd, John ^b   Novotny, Rachel ^a,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^d KAISER PERMANENTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Central adiposity; DXA; Ethnicity; Trunk peripheral fat ratio

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL OBESITY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASIAN; CAUCASIAN; CHILD; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; OBESITY; PHOTON ABSORPTIOMETRY; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; TRUNK;

ABSORPTIOMETRY, PHOTON; ADIPOSITY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CHILD; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; OBESITY, ABDOMINAL; TORSO;

EID: 84862287196     PISSN: 09175040     EISSN: 13499092     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2188/jea.JE20110100     Document Type: Article

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