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Abdominal visceral and subcutaneous adipose tissue and associations with cardiometabolic risk in Inuit, Africans and Europeans: a cross-sectional study.

Pernille Falberg RønnGregers Stig AndersenTorsten LauritzenDirk Lund ChristensenMette AadahlBendix CarstensenNiels GrarupMarit Eika Jørgensen
Published in: BMJ open (2020)
VAT and SAT were associated with several of the cardiometabolic risk factors beyond overall adiposity. Some of these associations were specific to ethnicity, suggesting that ethnicity plays a role in the pathway from abdominal fat to selected cardiometabolic risk factors.
Keyphrases
  • risk factors
  • adipose tissue
  • insulin resistance
  • high fat diet
  • physical activity
  • type diabetes
  • metabolic syndrome
  • fatty acid