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Body fat distribution, in particular visceral fat, is associated with cardiometabolic risk factors in obese women

BACKGROUND: Body fat distribution is, next to overall obesity, an important risk factor for cardiometabolic outcomes in the general population. In particular, visceral adipose tissue (VAT) is strongly associated with cardiometabolic risk factors. Since it is unclear whether body fat distribution is...

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Autores principales: Elffers, Theodora W., de Mutsert, Renée, Lamb, Hildo J., de Roos, Albert, Willems van Dijk, Ko, Rosendaal, Frits R., Jukema, J. Wouter, Trompet, Stella
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5619737/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28957363
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0185403