Ectopic cardiovascular fat in middle-aged men: Effects of race/ethnicity, overall and central adiposity. The ERA JUMP study

International Journal of Obesity

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 488-494

  El Khoudary, S R ^a   Shin, C ^b   Masaki, K ^c   Miura, K ^d   Budoff, M ^e   Edmundowicz, D ^f   Kadowaki, S ^d   Barinas Mitchell, E ^a   El Saed, A ^a   Fujiyoshi, A ^d   Evans, R W ^a   Hisamatsu, T ^d   Ohkubo, T ^g   Willcox, B J ^c   Kuller, L H ^a   Ueshima, H ^d   Sekikawa, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH GRADUATE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b Korea University   (South Korea)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^d SHIGA UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

^e LOS ANGELES BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^f TEMPLE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^g TEIKYO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; ASIAN AMERICAN; BODY FAT; BODY MASS; CAUCASIAN; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECTOPIC CARDIOVASCULAR FAT; EPICARDIUM; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTRAABDOMINAL FAT; JAPANESE (PEOPLE); KOREAN (PEOPLE); MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PERICARDIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; ABDOMINAL OBESITY; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BLOOD; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CORONARY DISEASE; ETHNOLOGY; INSULIN RESISTANCE; MULTICENTER STUDY; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PATHOLOGY; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

ADIPONECTIN;

ADIPONECTIN; AFRICAN AMERICANS; ASIAN AMERICANS; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BODY MASS INDEX; CORONARY DISEASE; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; HUMANS; INSULIN RESISTANCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; OBESITY, ABDOMINAL; RISK FACTORS; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

EID: 84924730765     PISSN: 03070565     EISSN: 14765497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ijo.2014.154     Document Type: Article

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