Asian women have greater abdominal and visceral adiposity than Caucasian women with similar body mass index

BACKGROUND: In the Multiethnic Cohort Study, Japanese Americans (JA) have lower mean body mass index (BMI) compared with Caucasians, but show a higher waist-to-hip ratio at similar BMI values and a greater risk of diabetes and obesity-associated cancers. OBJECTIVE: We investigated the abdominal, vis...

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Autores principales: Lim, U, Ernst, T, Buchthal, S D, Latch, M, Albright, C L, Wilkens, L R, Kolonel, L N, Murphy, S P, Chang, L, Novotny, R, Le Marchand, L
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group 2011
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Original Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3302135/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23449381
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/nutd.2011.2

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3302135/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23449381
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/nutd.2011.2

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