Gender differences in the association of visceral and subcutaneous adiposity with adiponectin in African Americans: the Jackson Heart Study

BACKGROUND: Adiponectin, paradoxically reduced in obesity and with lower levels in African Americans (AA), modulates several cardiometabolic risk factors. Because abdominal visceral adipose tissue (VAT), known to be reduced in AA, and subcutaneous adipose tissue (SAT) compartments may confer differe...

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Autores principales: Bidulescu, Aurelian, Liu, Jiankang, Hickson, DeMarc A, Hairston, Kristen G, Fox, Ervin R, Arnett, Donna K, Sumner, Anne E, Taylor, Herman A, Gibbons, Gary H
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3586352/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23433085
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2261-13-9

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