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Efficacy of visceral fat estimation by dual bioelectrical impedance analysis in detecting cardiovascular risk factors in patients with type 2 diabetes

BACKGROUND: Visceral fat area (VFA) is a good surrogate marker of obesity-related disorders, such as hypertension, dyslipidemia and glucose intolerance. Although estimating the VFA by X-ray computed tomography (CT) is the primary index for visceral obesity, it is expensive and requires invasive radi...

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Autores principales: Omura-Ohata, Yoko, Son, Cheol, Makino, Hisashi, Koezuka, Ryo, Tochiya, Mayu, Tamanaha, Tamiko, Kishimoto, Ichiro, Hosoda, Kiminori
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6805489/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31640702
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12933-019-0941-y