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Abdominal Subcutaneous Adipose Tissue: A Protective Fat Depot?

OBJECTIVE: Obesity is associated with increased metabolic and cardiovascular risk. The ectopic fat hypothesis suggests that subcutaneous fat may be protective, but this theory has yet to be fully explored. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS: Participants from the Framingham Heart Study (n = 3,001, 48.5% wo...

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Autores principales: Porter, Stacy A., Massaro, Joseph M., Hoffmann, Udo, Vasan, Ramachandran S., O'Donnel, Christopher J., Fox, Caroline S.
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: American Diabetes Association 2009
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2681034/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19244087
http://dx.doi.org/10.2337/dc08-2280