Reproducibility of ultrasonography for assessing abdominal fat distribution in a population at high risk of diabetes

Nutrition and Diabetes

Volumn 3, Issue JULY, 2013, Pages

  Philipsen, A ^a   Carstensen, B ^a   Sandbaek, A ^b   Almdal, T P ^c   Johansen, N B ^a,d   Jorgensen M E ^a   Witte, D R ^a,e  

^a STENO DIABETES CENTER   (Denmark)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^c GENTOFTE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^d BISPEBJERG HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^e Centre de Recherche Public de la Santé   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Abdominal fat distribution; Epidemiology; Reproducibility; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; ABDOMINAL SUBCUTANEOUS FAT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY FAT DISTRIBUTION; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET RESTRICTION; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INTRAABDOMINAL FAT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; WEIGHT CHANGE; ADULT; CONSTANTS AND COEFFICIENTS; ECHOGRAPH; MEASUREMENT; POSTPRANDIAL STATE;

EID: 84883035924     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20444052     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nutd.2013.23     Document Type: Article

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