Nutrition
Volume 26, Issue 4 , Pages 382-389, April 2010

Visceral adipose tissue and body fat mass: Predictive values for and role of gender in cardiometabolic risk among Turks

  • Altan Onat, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Turkish Society of Cardiology, Istanbul, Turkey
    • Department of Cardiology, Cerrahpaşa Medical Faculty, Istanbul University, Istanbul, Turkey
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +90-212-351-6217; fax: +90-212-351-4235.
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  • Murat Uğur, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Siyami Ersek Center for Cardiovascular Surgery, Istanbul, Turkey
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  • Günay Can, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Public Health, Cerrahpaşa Medical Faculty, Istanbul University, Istanbul, Turkey
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  • Hüsniye Yüksel, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiology, Cerrahpaşa Medical Faculty, Istanbul University, Istanbul, Turkey
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  • Gülay Hergenç, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Biology Department, Yildiz Technical University, Istanbul, Turkey

Received 16 February 2009; accepted 18 May 2009. published online 27 July 2009.

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 The Turkish Adult Risk Factor survey 2006–2008 was supported by the Turkish Society of Cardiology and the pharmaceutical companies SanofiAventis, Pfizer, Novartis, and AstraZeneca, Istanbul, Turkey.

PII: S0899-9007(09)00240-8

doi:10.1016/j.nut.2009.05.019

Nutrition
Volume 26, Issue 4 , Pages 382-389, April 2010

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