Association between regional adipose tissue distribution and both type 2 diabetes and impaired glucose tolerance in elderly men and women.

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Published in Diabetes Care on February 01, 2003

Authors

Bret H Goodpaster1, Shanthi Krishnaswami, Helaine Resnick, David E Kelley, Catherine Haggerty, Tamara B Harris, Ann V Schwartz, Steven Kritchevsky, Anne B Newman

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pennsylvania 15213, USA. bgood@pitt.edu

Associated clinical trials:

Effect of Aging & Obesity With Exercise Intervention | NCT03951857

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