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Sex differences in human adipose tissues – the biology of pear shape

Women have more body fat than men, but in contrast to the deleterious metabolic consequences of the central obesity typical of men, the pear-shaped body fat distribution of many women is associated with lower cardiometabolic risk. To understand the mechanisms regulating adiposity and adipose tissue...

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Autores principales: Karastergiou, Kalypso, Smith, Steven R, Greenberg, Andrew S, Fried, Susan K
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3411490/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22651247
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/2042-6410-3-13