Abdominal Visceral and Subcutaneous Adipose Tissue Compartments
Author(s) -
Caroline S. Fox,
Joseph M. Massaro,
Udo Hoffmann,
Karla M. Pou,
Pál MaurovichHorvat,
Chunyu Liu,
Ramachandran S. Vasan,
Joanne M. Murabito,
James B. Meigs,
L. Adrienne Cupples,
Ralph B. D’Agostino,
Christopher J. O’Donnell
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
circulation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 7.795
H-Index - 607
eISSN - 1524-4539
pISSN - 0009-7322
DOI - 10.1161/circulationaha.106.675355
Subject(s) - medicine , metabolic syndrome , adipose tissue , odds ratio , intra abdominal fat , framingham heart study , risk factor , diabetes mellitus , endocrinology , body mass index , population , framingham risk score , cardiology , insulin resistance , disease , visceral fat , environmental health
Visceral adipose tissue (VAT) compartments may confer increased metabolic risk. The incremental utility of measuring both visceral and subcutaneous abdominal adipose tissue (SAT) in association with metabolic risk factors and underlying heritability has not been well described in a population-based setting.
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