Article: Adipose tissue, insulin resistance and low-grade inflammation: implications for atherogenesis and the cardiovascular harm of estrogen plus progestogen therapy

Article: Body mass index, percent body fat, and regional ...
Nutrition Journal;  January 1, 2007 ;     700+ words ... ... percent body fat, central ... mass) in postmenopausal women. Methods ... that percent body fat in postmenopausal women may be the ... relations between body fat distribution ... concentrations in postmenopausal women under carefully ...

Article: Relationship of body fat distribution by waist ...
Gynecological Endocrinology;  November 1, 2005 ;     700+ words ... ... Abstract Objective. To correlate body fat distribution evaluated by waist ... profile in obese and non-obese postmenopausal women. Methods. We studied 40 obese ... and the methods used to measure body fat distribution. Waist circumference ...

Article: Exercise reduces level of serum estrogens in ...
Biotech Week;  June 9, 2004 ;     700+ words ... ... in sedentary postmenopausal women "We randomly ... superscript]2, body fat > 33%), postmenopausal women, ages 50-75 ... percentage of body fat [by dual energy ... intervention in postmenopausal women resulted in significant ...

Article: Abdominal fat indicates severity of syndrome in obese, ...
Women's Health Weekly;  November 4, 2004 ;     700+ words ... ... syndrome in obese, postmenopausal women. The findings ... body composition, body fat distribution ... inflammation in 58 obese, postmenopausal women between the ages ... risks of obesity in postmenopausal women. Our findings ...

Article: Abdominal Fat Indicates Severity of Metabolic Syndrome in Obese, ...
PR Newswire;  October 14, 2004 ;     700+ words ... ... syndrome in obese, postmenopausal women. The findings ... body composition, body fat distribution and ... inflammation in 58 obese, postmenopausal women between the ages ... risks of obesity in postmenopausal women. Our findings confirm ...

Article: Breast cancer size in postmenopausal women is ...
Gynecological Endocrinology;  January 1, 2004 ;     700+ words ... ... are a number of studies indicating that, in postmenopausal women, a rise in body fat levels is associated with an increased risk ... mass index (BMI) - used as an indicator of body fat content - on the growth of already existing ...

Article: Serum leptin concentrations in pre- and postmenopausal ...
Gynecological Endocrinology;  April 1, 2006 ;     700+ words ... ... in pre- and postmenopausal women. Materials ... estrogens in postmenopausal women may increase the amount of body fat and favor its ... strongly related to body fat mass and are ... of 80 healthy postmenopausal women who were divided ...