Why the study?
What are the independent relationships between femoral-gluteal SAT, femoral-gluteal IMAT, and cardiovascular disease risk factors across different races?
Population
319 adults including Caucasians, African-Americans, and Asians
Design
Cross-sectional
Authors
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Should not yet guide clinical adiposity assessment; leaves open independent metabolic roles of femoral-gluteal depots beyond VAT.
What are the independent relationships between femoral-gluteal SAT, femoral-gluteal IMAT, and cardiovascular disease risk factors across different races?
Femoral-gluteal subcutaneous and intermuscular adipose tissues have independent and opposing relationships with CVD risk factors, and their distribution varies by sex and race.
Yim et al. (2007) studied this question.
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