Major gene for abdominal visceral fat area in the Québec Family Study.

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Major gene for abdominal visceral fat area in the Québec Family Study.

International journal of obesity and related metabolic disorders : journal of the International Association for the Study of Obesity - 1 May 1996

Bouchard C, Rice T, Lemieux S, Després J P, Pérusse L, Rao D C

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OBJECTIVES: The abdominal visceral fat depot is considered to be the most atherogenic, diabetogenic and hypertensiogenic fat depot of the human body. Although the amount of abdominal visceral fat is correlated with total body fat, there remain considerable inter-individual differences in visceral...

Topics

Abdomen
Adipose Tissue
Adolescent
Adult
Aged
Aging
Body Mass Index
Child
Female
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Obesity
Phenotype
Quebec

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PMID: 8696420

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