DXA estimates of fat in abdominal, trunk and hip regions varies by ethnicity in men

Nutrition and Diabetes

Volumn 3, Issue MARCH, 2013, Pages

  Stults Kolehmainen, M A ^a   Stanforth, P R ^b   Bartholomew, J B ^b   Lu, T ^c   Abolt, C J ^d   Sinha, R ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^c STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Android fat; Body fat distribution; DXA; Ethnicity; Gynoid fat

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL FAT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARM; ARTICLE; ASIAN; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY FAT; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY REGIONS; BODY WEIGHT; BONE DENSITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FAT MASS; HIP; HISPANIC; HUMAN; LEG; LIPID STORAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRUNK;

EID: 84880559228     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20444052     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nutd.2013.5     Document Type: Article

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