Visceral adipose tissue, but not waist circumference is a better measure of metabolic risk in Singaporean Chinese and Indian men

OBJECTIVES: Visceral adipose tissue (VAT) is an independent risk factor in cardiometabolic diseases and is commonly measured by computed tomography (CT). It is measured clinically by waist circumference (WC). The L4/5 intervertebral space VAT (L4/5 VAT) is traditionally used to represent total VAT v...

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Autores principales: Ng, A C, Wai, D C, Tai, E S, Ng, K M, Chan, L L
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3432182/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23448802
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/nutd.2012.12

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3432182/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23448802
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/nutd.2012.12

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