Organ Weight Changes Associated With Body Mass Index Determined From a Medical Autopsy Population

American Journal of Forensic Medicine and Pathology

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 382-389

  Mandal, Rakesh ^a   Loeffler, Agnes G ^b   Salamat, Shahriar ^b   Fritsch, Michael K ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c CHILDREN'S MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

heart weight; liver weight; medical autopsy; obesity and organ weight; thyroid weight

Indexed keywords

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; FORENSIC PATHOLOGY; HEART MUSCLE; HEART VENTRICLE; HUMAN; KIDNEY; LIVER; LUNG; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; ORGAN SIZE; PATHOLOGY; PROSTATE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPLEEN; THYROID GLAND; VERY ELDERLY;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BODY MASS INDEX; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; FORENSIC PATHOLOGY; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; KIDNEY; LIVER; LUNG; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIUM; OBESITY; ORGAN SIZE; PROSTATE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX FACTORS; SPLEEN; THYROID GLAND; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84870352027     PISSN: 01957910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PAF.0b013e3182518e5f     Document Type: Review

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