Age-related differences in abdominal fat distribution in premenopausal and postmenopausal women with cardiovascular disease

Menopause

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 409-417

  Van Der Leeuw, Joep ^a   Wassink, Annemarie M J ^a   Van Der Graaf, Yolanda ^a   Westerveld, Hendrika E ^a   Visseren, Frank L J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Abdominal adiposity; Menopause; Vascular disease

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL FAT; ABDOMINAL SUBCUTANEOUS FAT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BODY FAT DISTRIBUTION; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRAABDOMINAL FAT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POSTMENOPAUSE; PREMENOPAUSE; WAIST HIP RATIO;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; BODY FAT DISTRIBUTION; BODY MASS INDEX; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRA-ABDOMINAL FAT; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTMENOPAUSE; PREMENOPAUSE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX FACTORS; SUBCUTANEOUS FAT; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; WAIST-HIP RATIO;

EID: 84876166506     PISSN: 10723714     EISSN: 15300374     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/GME.0b013e31827212a5     Document Type: Article

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