Why the study?
Do central and peripheral fat mass have contrasting effects on the progression of aortic calcification in postmenopausal women?
Population
316 postmenopausal women aged 50-76 years
Design
Cohort
Follow-up
7.7 years
Authors
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Peripheral fat mass was associated with slower aortic calcification progression; hypothesis-generating and requires prospective confirmation before clinical consideration.
Do central and peripheral fat mass have contrasting effects on the progression of aortic calcification in postmenopausal women?
Peripheral fat mass appears to have an independent anti-atherogenic influence, slowing the progression of aortic calcification in postmenopausal women compared to central fat mass.
László B. Tankó (2003) studied this question.
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