Opposite associations of trunk and leg fat depots with plasma ferritin levels in middle-aged and older Chinese men and women.

BACKGROUND: Few data have been published on the associations of ferritin with trunk and leg fat depots. We aimed to investigate these associations in a Chinese population. METHODOLOGY: Trunk fat mass and leg fat mass were determined in a cross-sectional sample of 1,150 Chinese (479 men and 671 women...

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Main Authors: Hongyu Wu, Qibin Qi, Zhijie Yu, Liang Sun, Huaixing Li, Xu Lin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2010-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2954152?pdf=render