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The relationship between DXA-based and anthropometric measures of visceral fat and morbidity in women.
BMC cardiovascular disorders - 3 Apr 2013
Direk Kenan, Cecelja Marina, Astle William, Chowienczyk Phil, Spector Tim D, Falchi Mario, Andrew Toby
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Excess accumulation of visceral fat is a prominent risk factor for cardiovascular and metabolic morbidity. While computed tomography (CT) is the gold standard to measure visceral adiposity, this is often not possible for large studies - thus valid, but less expensive and intrusive proxy measures of visceral fat are required such as dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA). Study aims were to a) identify...
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