Visceral Adipose Tissue and Cardiovascular Disease Risk

Current Cardiovascular Risk Reports

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 95-101

  Hughes Austin, Jan M ^a   Larsen, Britta A ^a   Allison, Matthew A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Cardiovascular disease; Coronary artery calcium; Oxidative stress; Visceral adipose tissue; Visceral fat; Visceral fat risk factors

Indexed keywords

ADIPOCYTOKINE; ADIPONECTIN; ANGIOPOIETIN; APELIN; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; COMPLEMENT FACTOR D; GLUCOSE; HEPCIDIN; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; INTERLEUKIN 6; LEPTIN; MONOCYTE CHEMOTACTIC PROTEIN 1; NICOTINAMIDE PHOSPHORIBOSYLTRANSFERASE; RESISTIN; SCATTER FACTOR; THIOBARBITURIC ACID REACTIVE SUBSTANCE; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; VASPIN;

BIOACCUMULATION; BODY MASS; CALORIC INTAKE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ETHNICITY; HEART RATE; HUMAN; INTRAABDOMINAL FAT; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; REVIEW;

EID: 84875478923     PISSN: 19329520     EISSN: 19329563     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12170-013-0298-9     Document Type: Review

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