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Visceral adipose tissue and metabolic complications of obesity are reduced in Prader-Willi syndrome female adults: evidence for novel influences on body fat distribution.
The Journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism - 1 Sept 2001
Goldstone A P, Thomas E L, Brynes A E, Bell J D, Frost G, Saeed N, Hajnal J V, Howard J K, Holland A, Bloom S R
Abstract excerpt
Visceral obesity is detrimental to health, but the mechanisms controlling body fat distribution are not fully understood. In premenopausal adult females (30 nonobese, 14 obese [body mass index >30 kg/m(2)]), variance in fasting insulin, glucose, insulin/glucose ratio, C-peptide/insulin ratio, triglycerides, and high-density lipoprotein/low-density lipoprotein-cholesterol ratio, were independently influenced by...
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