Evidence for the association between abdominal fat and cardiovascular risk factors in overweight and obese african american women

Journal of the American College of Nutrition

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 126-132

  Liu, Pei Yang ^a   Hornbuckle, Lyndsey M ^a,b   Panton, Lynn B ^a   Kim, Jeong Su ^a   Ilich, Jasminka Z ^a  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b KENNESAW STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Abdominal fat mass; African American women; Cardiovascular risk factors; DXA; Obesity

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CHOLESTEROL; FIBRINOGEN; GLUCOSE; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ABDOMINAL FAT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY FAT; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; COMORBIDITY; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OBESITY; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

ABDOMINAL FAT; ABSORPTIOMETRY, PHOTON; ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; BLOOD GLUCOSE; BODY COMPOSITION; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CHOLESTEROL, HDL; CHOLESTEROL, LDL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INSULIN; LINEAR MODELS; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; RISK FACTORS; TRIGLYCERIDES; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

EID: 84869190654     PISSN: 07315724     EISSN: 15411087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07315724.2012.10720018     Document Type: Article

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