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Subclinical visceral fat accumulation is associated with increased risk for lifestyle-related diseases and atherosclerosis progression in healthy adults, even in the absence of apparent clinical abnormalities. Novelty: ClaimNovelty.INCREMENTAL. Consensus alignment: ConsensusAlignment.NEUTRAL.

January 1, 2014Health Evaluation and PromotionOpen Access

Subclinical visceral fat accumulation is a risk for lifestyle-related diseases and progression of atherosclerosis in Japanese adults

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Why the study?

Does subclinical visceral fat accumulation correlate with markers of lifestyle-related diseases and atherosclerosis in healthy Japanese adults?

Population

94 healthy Japanese volunteers, mean age 40.1 ± 9.6 years, not obese on average.

Design

Cross-sectional

Authors

CYChizumi YamadaTokai University MKMasumi KondoOkayama University of Science TOTakashige OroguchiTokai University

Discussion

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Implication

May flag early cardiometabolic risk in non-obese adults; leaves open causal effects and intervention benefits.

Structured PICO

Does subclinical visceral fat accumulation correlate with markers of lifestyle-related diseases and atherosclerosis in healthy Japanese adults?

Population

94 healthy Japanese volunteers (48 men and 46 women), mean age 40.1 ± 9.6 years, not obese on average (BMI 22.7 ± 3.9).

Outcome

Correlation between visceral fat area (VFA) and anthropometric, biochemical, adipocytokine, inflammatory, and atherosclerotic parameters (mean intima-media thickness).surrogate

Subclinical visceral fat accumulation in healthy, non-obese Japanese adults is significantly associated with early markers of atherosclerosis, inflammation, and metabolic dysregulation.

Limitations

Cross-sectional nature makes cause-effect relationship unclear
Sample size was not large enough for analysis stratified by age groups

Cite This Study

Yamada et al. (2014) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a1d1da4cc9f7df1b704e951 https://doi.org/10.7143/jhep.41.518

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Subclinical visceral fat accumulation is a risk for lifestyle-related diseases and progression of atherosclerosis in Japanese adults

Discussion

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Implication

Structured PICO

Limitations

Cite This Study

Subclinical visceral fat accumulation is a risk for lifestyle-related diseases and progression of atherosclerosis in Japanese adults

Discussion

Member takes

Implication

Structured PICO

Limitations

Cite This Study

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