Fat and Muscle Indices Assessed by pQCT: Relationships With Physical Activity and Type 2 Diabetes Risk

Journal of Clinical Densitometry

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 355-361

  Butner, Katrina L ^a   Creamer, Kyle W ^a   Nickols Richardson, Sharon M ^b   Clark, Susan F ^a   Ramp, Warren K ^c   Herbert, William G ^a  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Health Research Group LLC   (United States)

Author keywords

Intermuscular adipose tissue; Muscle density; Physical activity; Type 2 diabetes

Indexed keywords

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; ARM MUSCLE; ARTICLE; BODY FAT; BODY FAT DISTRIBUTION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMUSCULAR ADIPOSE TISSUE; LEG MUSCLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MUSCLE MASS; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PEDOMETRY; PERIPHERAL QUANTITATIVE COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY;

ABSORPTIOMETRY, PHOTON; ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; FEMALE; FOREARM; HUMANS; LEG; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84864291236     PISSN: 10946950     EISSN: 15590747     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jocd.2012.01.012     Document Type: Article

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