Determinants of intrathoracic adipose tissue volume and associations with cardiovascular disease risk factors in Amish

Nutrition, Metabolism and Cardiovascular Diseases

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 286-293

  Liu, X ^a   Post, W S ^b   McLenithan, J ^a   Terrin, M ^a   Magder, L ^a   Zeb, I ^c   Budoff, M ^c   Mitchell, B D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c HARBOR UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular diseases; Coronary artery calcification; Ectopic fat; Epicardial fat; Intrathoracic fat; Obesity

Indexed keywords

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; AMISH; ARTICLE; BODY FAT; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CORONARY ARTERY CALCIFICATION; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; ELECTRON BEAM TOMOGRAPHY; EPICARDIUM; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; INSULIN BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PERICARDIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; THORAX; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CORONARY ARTERY CALCIFICATION; ECTOPIC FAT; EPICARDIAL FAT; INTRATHORACIC FAT; OBESITY;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMISH; BLOOD GLUCOSE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS INDEX; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CHOLESTEROL, HDL; CHOLESTEROL, LDL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INSULIN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERICARDIUM; RISK FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TRIGLYCERIDES;

EID: 84895829259     PISSN: 09394753     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.numecd.2013.09.015     Document Type: Article

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