What aspects of body fat are particularly hazardous and how do we measure them?

Int J Epidemiol. 2006 Feb;35(1):83-92. doi: 10.1093/ije/dyi253. Epub 2005 Dec 8.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Adipose Tissue / diagnostic imaging
  • Anthropometry / methods
  • Body Composition / physiology*
  • Cardiovascular Diseases / etiology
  • Cardiovascular Diseases / metabolism
  • Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 / etiology
  • Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 / metabolism
  • Humans
  • Mortality
  • Obesity / diagnosis*
  • Obesity / metabolism
  • Risk Assessment
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed