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Estimation of CT-Derived Abdominal Visceral and Subcutaneous Adipose Tissue Depots from Anthropometry in Europeans, South Asians and African Caribbeans

BACKGROUND: South Asians and African Caribbeans experience more cardiometabolic disease than Europeans. Risk factors include visceral (VAT) and subcutaneous abdominal (SAT) adipose tissue, which vary with ethnicity and are difficult to quantify using anthropometry. OBJECTIVE: We developed and cross-...

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Autores principales: Eastwood, Sophie V., Tillin, Therese, Wright, Andrew, Heasman, John, Willis, Joseph, Godsland, Ian F., Forouhi, Nita, Whincup, Peter, Hughes, Alun D., Chaturvedi, Nishi
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3775834/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24069381
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0075085