Age- and sex-specific changes in visceral fat mass throughout the life-span.

Rikke Bannebjerg BaartsMads Radmer JensenOle Michael HansenBryan HaddockEva PrescottPeter HovindLene SimonsenJens BülowCharlotte Suetta

Published in: Obesity (Silver Spring, Md.) (2023)

Normative data of VFM from a large, healthy Danish cohort aged 20 to 93 years are presented. VFM increased with age in both sexes, but men had significantly higher VFM compared with women with the same BMI, body fat percentage, and fat mass index.

Keyphrases

adipose tissue
body mass index
insulin resistance
fatty acid
big data
middle aged
machine learning
skeletal muscle
type diabetes
weight gain