Relative associations of abdominal and thigh compositions with cardiometabolic diseases in African Caribbean men.

Curtis TilvesJoseph M ZmudaAllison L KuipersSangeeta NairJohn Jeffrey CarrJames G TerryShyamal PeddadaVictor WheelerIva Miljkovic

Published in: Obesity science & practice (2021)

These findings support ASAT as a significant driver of cardiometabolic disease in African Ancestry populations, independent of other abdominal and thigh tissues.

Keyphrases

soft tissue
gene expression
middle aged
genome wide association study