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Subcutaneous and visceral adipose tissue distribution and their endocrine regulation are closely related to the metabolic profile and development of the metabolic syndrome.
This review discusses the assessment, metabolic profile, and endocrine regulation of subcutaneous and visceral adipose tissue in relation to metabolic syndrome.
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Adipose distribution assessment may refine metabolic syndrome risk stratification beyond BMI; extends observational links but leaves open causal targets for intervention.
B L Wajchenberg (2000) conducted a review in Metabolic Syndrome and Obesity. Subcutaneous and visceral adipose tissue distribution and their endocrine regulation are closely related to the metabolic profile and development of the metabolic syndrome.
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