Sexual Dimorphisms in Adult Human Brown Adipose Tissue.
Laura A FletcherKatherine KimBrooks P LeitnerThomas M CassimatisAlana E O'MaraJames W JohnsonMolly S HalprinSuzanne M McGeheeRobert J BrychtaAaron M CypessKong Y ChenPublished in: Obesity (Silver Spring, Md.) (2020)
Despite differences in adiposity and total BAT volume, we found that healthy, lean, young women and men do not differ in the relative amount, glucose uptake, and distribution of BAT. Dorsocervical 18 F-fluorodeoxyglucose uptake was more prevalent in women and may be a remnant of interscapular BAT seen in human newborns. Future studies are needed to discern how BAT contributes to whole-body thermal physiology and body weight regulation in women and men.