The impact of abdominal adiposity measured by sonography on the pulmonary function of pre-menopausal females

BACKGROUND: The Body Mass Index (BMI) is a widely used parameter to study obesity; however it does not assess the distribution of body adiposity. Ultrasonography is a reliable method of measuring subcutaneous (SAT), visceral (VAT) and Total adipose tissue of the abdomen (TAT) to determine the influe...

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Autores principales: Rasslan, Zied, Stirbulov, Roberto, Junior, Roberto Saad, Curia, Sergio Tercio, da Conceição Lima, Carlos Alberto, Perez, Eduardo Araújo, Oliveira, Ezequiel Fernandes, Donner, Claudio Ferdinando, Oliveira, Luis Vicente Franco
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2015
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Original Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4518629/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26225211
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40248-015-0018-z

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