Brown adipose tissue activation is inversely related to central obesity and metabolic parameters in adult human

PLoS ONE

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2015, Pages

  Wang, Qidi ^a   Zhang, Min ^a   Xu, Min ^a   Gu, Weiqiong ^a   Xi, Yun ^a   Qi, Lu ^b   Li, Biao ^a   Wang, Weiqing ^a  

^a SHANGHAI SECOND MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BROWN ADIPOSE TISSUE; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTRAABDOMINAL FAT; MALE; METABOLIC PARAMETERS; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SUBCUTANEOUS FAT; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; ABDOMINAL OBESITY; AGE; BODY TEMPERATURE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PATHOLOGY; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADIPOSE TISSUE, BROWN; ADIPOSITY; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; BODY TEMPERATURE; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY, ABDOMINAL; ODDS RATIO;

EID: 84929467681     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0123795     Document Type: Article

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