Race, Visceral Adipose Tissue, Plasma Lipids, and Lipoprotein Lipase Activity in Men and Women
Open Access
- 1 August 2000
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wolters Kluwer Health in Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis, and Vascular Biology
- Vol. 20 (8), 1932-1938
- https://doi.org/10.1161/01.atv.20.8.1932
Abstract
—Abdominal obesity is associated with numerous metabolic alterations, such as hypertriglyceridemia and low levels of high density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol. However, compared with abdom...Keywords
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