Adipose Tissue Depots and Their Cross-Sectional Associations With Circulating Biomarkers of Metabolic Regulation

Journal of the American Heart Association

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 2016, Pages

  Lee, Jane J ^a   Britton, Kathryn A ^a,b,c   Pedley, Alison ^a   Massaro, Joseph M ^d   Speliotes, Elizabeth K ^e   Murabito, Joanne M ^a,f   Hoffmann, Udo ^g   Ingram, Cheryl ^h   Keaney, John F ^h   Vasan, Ramachandran S ^a,f,i   Fox, Caroline S ^a,b  

^a FRAMINGHAM HEART STUDY   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^f BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^g MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

ⁱ BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Adipokines; Adipose tissue; Biomarkers; Epidemiology; Obesity

Indexed keywords

ADIPONECTIN; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; FATTY ACID BINDING PROTEIN 4; FETUIN A; LEPTIN; LEPTIN RECEPTOR; RETINOL BINDING PROTEIN 4; ADIPOQ PROTEIN, HUMAN; AHSG PROTEIN, HUMAN; FABP4 PROTEIN, HUMAN; FATTY ACID BINDING PROTEIN; LEPTIN RECEPTOR, HUMAN; PLASMA RETINOL BINDING PROTEIN; RBP4 PROTEIN, HUMAN;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HEPATOBILIARY PARAMETERS; HUMAN; INTRA-ABDOMINAL FAT; LIPID STORAGE; LIVER ATTENUATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METABOLIC DISORDER; METABOLIC REGULATION; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; NONALCOHOLIC FATTY LIVER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEIN SECRETION; SEX; SUBCUTANEOUS FAT; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; INTRAABDOMINAL FAT; LIVER; METABOLISM; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADIPONECTIN; ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; ALANINE TRANSAMINASE; ALPHA-2-HS-GLYCOPROTEIN; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASES; BIOMARKERS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; COHORT STUDIES; FATTY ACID-BINDING PROTEINS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRA-ABDOMINAL FAT; LEPTIN; LINEAR MODELS; LIVER; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; RECEPTORS, LEPTIN; RETINOL-BINDING PROTEINS, PLASMA; SUBCUTANEOUS FAT;

EID: 84988009971     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20479980     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/JAHA.115.002936     Document Type: Article

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