[Android-type obesity and gynecoid-type obesity].

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There are several types of obesity, and the metabolic conditions associated with these phenotypes are also heterogeneous. Obesity of the male (android) type shows a dominant visceral and upper thoracic distribution of adipose tissue, whereas in the feminine (gynecoid) type adipose tissue is found predominantly in the lower part of the body (hips and thighs). Android obesity is clearly a cardiovascular risk...

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