Body Fat Distribution, Cardiometabolic Traits, and Risk of Major Lower-Extremity Arterial Disease in Postmenopausal Women.

Guo-Chong ChenRhonda ArthurVictor KamenskyJin Choul ChaiBing YuAladdin H ShadyabMatthew AllisonYangbo SunNazmus SaquibRobert A WildWei BaoAndrew J DannenbergThomas E RohanRobert C KaplanSylvia Wassertheil-SmollerQibin Qi

Published in: Diabetes care (2021)

Among U.S. postmenopausal women, a positive association of upper-body fat with risk of LEAD appeared to be attributable to traditional risk factors, especially insulin resistance. Lower-body fat was inversely associated with risk of LEAD beyond known risk factors.

Keyphrases

postmenopausal women
risk factors
bone mineral density
insulin resistance
type diabetes
metabolic syndrome
adipose tissue
high fat diet
genome wide
polycystic ovary syndrome
skeletal muscle
dna methylation
body composition
weight loss
glycemic control