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Journal of Diabetes Research
Volume 2013, Article ID 651462, 5 pages
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/651462
Research Article

Correlation of Abdominal Fat Distribution with Different Types of Diabetes in a Chinese Population

Anhui Zhu, Bin Cui, Haodan Dang, Dan Yao, Haitao Yu, Hongmin Jia, Zhijun Hu, and Xiaojin Zhang

Department of Radiology, Aerospace Central Hospital, 15 Yu'quan Road, Haidian District, Beijing 100049, China

Received 13 May 2013; Revised 10 September 2013; Accepted 30 September 2013

Academic Editor: Joseph Fomusi Ndisang

Copyright © 2013 Anhui Zhu 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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