Fat distribution and insulin resistance in young adult nonobese Asian Indian women

Metabolic Syndrome and Related Disorders

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 326-330

  Szuszkiewicz Garcia, Magdalene ^a,b   Li, Rong ^b   Grundy, Scott M ^a,b   Abate, Nicola ^c,d   Chandalia, Manisha ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c University of Texas Medical Branch School of Medicine   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BRANCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; INSULIN;

ABDOMINAL SUBCUTANEOUS FAT; ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY FAT DISTRIBUTION; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FAT CONTENT; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HIP CIRCUMFERENCE; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; INSULIN BLOOD LEVEL; INSULIN RESISTANCE; INSULIN SENSITIVITY; INTRAABDOMINAL FAT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RETROPERITONEAL FAT; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ASIAN AMERICANS; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY FAT DISTRIBUTION; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; GLUCOSE CLAMP TECHNIQUE; HUMANS; IDEAL BODY WEIGHT; INDIA; INSULIN RESISTANCE; TEXAS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84872836965     PISSN: 15404196     EISSN: 15578518     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/met.2012.0041     Document Type: Article

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