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

OBJECTIVES: Abdominal fat has been identified as a risk marker of cardiometabolic disease independent of overall adiposity. However, it is not clear whether there are ethnic disparities in this risk. We investigated the associations of visceral adipose tissue (VAT) and abdominal subcutaneous adipose...

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Published in:BMJ Open
Main Authors: Rønn, Pernille Falberg, Andersen, Gregers Stig, Lauritzen, Torsten, Christensen, Dirk Lund, Aadahl, Mette, Carstensen, Bendix, Grarup, Niels, Jørgensen, Marit Eika
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: BMJ Publishing Group 2020
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Epidemiology
Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7490939/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32928857
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2020-038071
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