Browsing Harvard Medical School by Keyword "body fat distribution"
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Circulating Persistent Organic Pollutants and Body Fat Distribution, Evidence from NHANES 1999-2004
(2015)Objective: To evaluate and compare the correlations of various circulating persistent organic pollutants (POPs) with fat mass percentages (FM%) of trunk, leg, and whole body measured by Dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry. ... -
Prevalence, Distribution, and Risk Factor Correlates of High Thoracic Periaortic Fat in the Framingham Heart Study
(Blackwell Publishing Ltd, 2012)Background: Thoracic periaortic adipose tissue (TAT) is associated with atherosclerosis and cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk factors and may play a role in obesity‐mediated vascular disease. We sought to determine the ...