Open AccessEffect of Gender on the Total Abdominal Fat, Intra-Abdominal Adipose Tissue and Abdominal Sub-Cutaneous Adipose Tissue among Indian Hypertensive Patients
Author(s) -
Jaya Prakash Sahoo
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
journal of clinical and diagnostic research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2249-782X
pISSN - 0973-709X
DOI - 10.7860/jcdr/2016/17594.7601
Subject(s) - adipose tissue , medicine , abdominal obesity , waist , obesity , overweight , abdomen , body mass index , anthropometry , waist–hip ratio , endocrinology , waist to height ratio , lipid profile , physiology , surgery , cholesterol
Abdominal obesity is a better marker of adverse metabolic profile than generalized obesity in hypertensive subjects. Further, gender has effect on adiposity and its distribution.