Less favorable body composition and adipokines in South Asians compared with other US ethnic groups: Results from the MASALA and MESA studies

International Journal of Obesity

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 639-645

  Shah, A D ^a   Kandula, N R ^b   Lin, F ^a   Allison, M A ^c   Carr, J ^d   Herrington, D ^e   Liu, K ^b   Kanaya, A M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e WAKE FOREST BAPTIST HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADIPOCYTOKINE; ADIPONECTIN; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; RESISTIN; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; ADIPOQ PROTEIN, HUMAN; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; ASIAN AMERICAN; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY SIZE; CAUCASIAN; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INTRAABDOMINAL FAT; LEAN BODY WEIGHT; LIPID STORAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE MASS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL STATUS; SOUTH ASIAN; SUBCUTANEOUS FAT; UNITED STATES; ADIPOSE TISSUE; AGED; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BLOOD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNOLOGY; HEALTH SURVEY; HISPANIC; INSULIN RESISTANCE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREVALENCE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADIPOKINES; ADIPONECTIN; ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; ASIAN AMERICANS; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BIOMARKERS; BODY COMPOSITION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ETHNIC GROUPS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; INSULIN RESISTANCE; INTRA-ABDOMINAL FAT; LIPOPROTEINS, HDL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; TRIGLYCERIDES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84949239021     PISSN: 03070565     EISSN: 14765497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ijo.2015.219     Document Type: Article

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