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Cardiology Research and Practice
Volume 2011 (2011), Article ID 904878, 9 pages
doi:10.4061/2011/904878
Research Article

Androidal Fat Dominates in Predicting Cardiometabolic Risk in Postmenopausal Women

O. A. Matvienko,1 D. L. Alekel,2 S. N. Bhupathiraju,2 H. Hofmann,3 L. M. Ritland,2 M. B. Reddy,2 M. D. Van Loan,4 and C. D. Perry2

1School of Health, Physical Education and Leisure Services, 133 Wellness/Recreation Center, University of Northern Iowa, Cedar Falls, IA 50614-0241, USA
2Food Science and Human Nutrition, Human Nutritional Sciences Building, Iowa State University, Ames, IA 50011-1123, USA
3Department of Statistics, 2413 Snedecor/2624C Howe, Iowa State University, Ames, IA 50011, USA
4Western Human Nutrition Research Center, University of California, Davis, CA 95616, USA

Received 14 September 2010; Revised 4 November 2010; Accepted 24 November 2010

Academic Editor: Christina Chrysohoou

Copyright © 2011 O. A. Matvienko et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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