Genetically determined prospect to become long-lived is associated with less abdominal fat and in particular less abdominal visceral fat in men

Age and Ageing

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 713-717

  Sala, Michiel L ^a   Röell, Boudewijn ^a   Van Der Bijl, Noortje ^a   Van Der Grond, Jeroen ^a   De Craen, Anton J M ^a   Slagboom, Eline P ^a   Van Der Geest, Rob ^a   De Roos, Albert ^a   Kroft, Lucia J M ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular risk; Healthy ageing; Longevity; Obesity; Older people; Visceral fat

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL FAT; ADIPOSE TISSUE; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY FAT DISTRIBUTION; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; EPICARDIAL ADIPOSE TISSUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRAABDOMINAL FAT; LONGEVITY; MALE; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SIBLING; SUBCUTANEOUS FAT; AGING; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; COMPLICATION; GENETICS; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; PREVALENCE; RADIOGRAPHY; RISK FACTOR;

AGED; AGING; BODY FAT DISTRIBUTION; BODY MASS INDEX; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; HUMANS; INTRA-ABDOMINAL FAT; LONGEVITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84937420530     PISSN: 00020729     EISSN: 14682834     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ageing/afv063     Document Type: Article

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