Greater abdominal fat accumulation is associated with higher metabolic risk in Chinese than in white people: an ethnicity study.

Greater abdominal fat accumulation is associated with higher metabolic risk in Chinese than in white people: an ethnicity study.

INTRODUCTION: Chinese are reported to have a higher percent body fat (%BF) and a higher percent trunk fat (%TF) than whites for a given body mass index (BMI). However, the associations of these ethnic differences in body composition with metabolic risks remain unknown. METHODS AND PROCEDURES: A tota...

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Main Authors: Wei He, Sha Zhang, Aihua Song, Min Yang, Jingjing Jiao, David B Allison, Steven B Heymsfield, Shankuan Zhu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3597722?pdf=render

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