The discriminatory power of visceral adipose tissue area vs anthropometric measures as a diagnostic marker for metabolic syndrome in South African women

BACKGROUND: A number of studies have shown central adiposity, in particular visceral adipose tissue (VAT) accumulation to be a hallmark of metabolic syndrome (MetS). In clinical practice, waist circumference (WC) is used as a proxy for VAT. AIM: To compare the ability of dual energy x-ray absorptiom...

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Autores principales: Davidson, Florence E., Matsha, Tandi E., Erasmus, Rajiv T., Kengne, Andre Pascal, Goedecke, Julia H.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2019
Materias:
Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6839066/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31719847
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13098-019-0483-1

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6839066/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31719847
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13098-019-0483-1

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