Open AccessClinical utility of visceral adipose tissue for the identification of cardiometabolic risk in white and African American adults
Author(s) -
Peter T. Katzmarzyk,
Steven B. Heymsfield,
Claude Bouchard
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
american journal of clinical nutrition
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.608
H-Index - 336
eISSN - 1938-3207
pISSN - 0002-9165
DOI - 10.3945/ajcn.112.047787
Subject(s) - waist , medicine , anthropometry , adipose tissue , obesity , african american , body mass index , demography , body fat percentage , receiver operating characteristic , gerontology , ethnology , sociology , history
Visceral adipose tissue (VAT) has been identified as a harmful fat depot, and sex and race differences in VAT have been reported in white and African Americans.
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