Why the study?
Is higher IMAT volume associated with a higher prevalence of prediabetes and diabetes?
Is higher IMAT volume associated with a higher prevalence of prediabetes and diabetes?
Higher intermuscular adipose tissue volume is associated with an increased prevalence of diabetes, independent of visceral adipose tissue.
May refine diabetes risk stratification beyond VAT; leaves open causality and intervention effects.
Higher IMAT volume was associated with a higher prevalence of diabetes even after adjustment for VAT volume. However, further study is warranted to understand the complicated relationship between abdominal muscle and adipose tissues.
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Granados et al. (2018) studied this question.
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