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Association between ratio indexes of body composition phenotypes and metabolic risk in Italian adults.
Clinical obesity - 1 Dec 2016
Powell M, Lara J, Mocciaro G, Prado C M, Battezzati A, Leone A, Tagliabue A, de Amicis R, Vignati L, Bertoli S, Siervo M
Abstract excerpt
The ratio between fat mass (FM) and fat-free mass (FFM) has been used to discriminate individual differences in body composition and improve prediction of metabolic risk. Here, we evaluated whether the use of a visceral adipose tissue-to-fat-free mass index (VAT:FFMI) ratio was a better predictor of metabolic risk than a fat mass index to fat-free mass index (FMI:FFMI) ratio. This is a cross-sectional study...
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