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Associations of visceral and abdominal subcutaneous adipose tissue with markers of cardiac and metabolic risk in obese adults.
Obesity (Silver Spring, Md.) - 1 Sept 2013
Neeland Ian J, Ayers Colby R, Rohatgi Anand K, Turer Aslan T, Berry Jarett D, Das Sandeep R, Vega Gloria L, Khera Amit, McGuire Darren K, Grundy Scott M, de Lemos James A
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OBJECTIVE: Visceral (VAT) and abdominal subcutaneous (SAT) adipose tissues contribute to obesity but may have different metabolic and atherosclerosis risk profiles. We sought to determine the associations of abdominal VAT and SAT mass with markers of cardiac and metabolic risk in a large, multiethnic, population-based cohort of obese adults. DESIGN AND METHODS: Among obese participants in the Dallas Heart Study,...
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