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In aging male Wistar rats, retroperitoneal fat pad weight strongly correlates with total body lipid and can accurately predict total body lipid content, demonstrating significant regional differences in adipose depot composition compared to epididymal fat. Novelty: ClaimNovelty.INCREMENTAL. Consensus alignment: ConsensusAlignment.NEUTRAL.

December 1, 1990AJP Regulatory Integrative and Comparative Physiology

Model of spontaneous obesity in aging male Wistar rats

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FNF. David NewbyHypertension Institute MDMario DiGirolamoTufts University GCGeorge CotsonisEmory University

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Caution against extrapolating rat fat depot data to humans; leaves open translational studies on body composition.

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Newby et al. (1990) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a1d3d08ba3016ff712f4d1d https://doi.org/10.1152/ajpregu.1990.259.6.r1117

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Model of spontaneous obesity in aging male Wistar rats

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