Puberty begins with a characteristic subcutaneous body fat mass in each sex
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Subcutaneous adipocyte size and body fat distribution.
BACKGROUND Both body fat distribution and adipocyte size are associated with metabolic abnormalities. OBJECTIVE We defined the extent to which subcutaneous adipocyte size is related to regional fat mass and to the sizes of adipocytes in other subcutaneous depots independent of adiposity, age, and sex. DESIGN Data collected from 188 women and 133 men who were 18-50 y old and who had a body m...
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عنوان ژورنال: European Journal of Clinical Nutrition
سال: 2000
ISSN: 0954-3007,1476-5640
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ejcn.1600920