Abdominal Visceral and Subcutaneous Adipose Tissue Compartments

S. Fox, Caroline; M. Massaro, Joseph; Hoffmann, Udo; M. Pou, Karla; Maurovich‐Horvat, Pál; Liu, Chunyu; S. Vasan, Ramachandran; M. Murabito, Joanne; B. Meigs, James; Adrienne Cupples, L.; B. D’Agostino, Ralph; J. O’Donnell, Christopher

doi:10.1161/circulationaha.106.675355

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Abdominal Visceral and Subcutaneous Adipose Tissue Compartments

Published in Circulation • Jun 19, 2007

Authors:

Caroline S. Fox

Joseph M. Massaro

Udo Hoffmann

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Visceral adipose tissue (VAT) compartments may confer increased metabolic risk. The incremental utility of measuring both visceral and subcutaneous abdominal adipose tissue (SAT) in association with metabolic risk factors and underlying heritability has not been well described in a popul...

Subject

Medicine

Metabolic syndrome

Adipose tissue

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