Abdominal Visceral and Subcutaneous Adipose Tissue Compartments
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Implication
May refine metabolic risk stratification beyond anthropometrics; extends associations but leaves causal targeting open.
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Outcome
Adverse metabolic risk profilesurrogate
Visceral adipose tissue is more strongly associated with adverse metabolic risk profiles than subcutaneous fat, highlighting its role as a unique pathogenic fat depot.
Cite This Study
Fox et al. (2007) studied this question.