Fatty Liver, Abdominal Visceral Fat, and Cardiometabolic Risk Factors
Why the study?
Are fatty liver and abdominal visceral adipose tissue jointly associated with cardiometabolic abnormalities in Black participants?
Population
2,882 Black participants from the Jackson Heart Study, 65% women.
Design
Cross-sectional
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Discussion
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Implication
VAT and fatty liver independently correlate with cardiometabolic traits in Black adults, VAT stronger; hypothesis-generating and requires prospective validation.
Structured PICO
Are fatty liver and abdominal visceral adipose tissue jointly associated with cardiometabolic abnormalities in Black participants?
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Population
2,882 Black participants from the Jackson Heart Study, 65% women.
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Intervention
Fatty liver (measured by liver attenuation in Hounsfield units) and abdominal visceral adipose tissue (VAT) quantified volumetrically by computed tomography.
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Outcome
Cardiometabolic risk factors/abnormalities (including triglycerides, high-density lipoprotein cholesterol, impaired glucose, and metabolic syndrome).surrogate
Both fatty liver and visceral adipose tissue are independent correlates of cardiometabolic risk in Black individuals, with VAT demonstrating a stronger association.
Cite This Study
Liu et al. (2011) studied this question.