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Direct methods for visceral fat tissue evaluation improve the prognostic assessment of cardiovascular risk in obesity compared to traditional body mass index classification.
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May refine CV risk stratification in obesity beyond BMI; hypothesis-generating and requires prospective validation before practice change.
Direct evaluation of visceral and epicardial fat may improve cardiometabolic risk prediction in obesity compared to traditional anthropometric measures like BMI.
Druzhilov et al. (2015) conducted a review in Obesity. Visceral fat tissue evaluation vs. Body mass index was evaluated. Direct methods for visceral fat tissue evaluation improve the prognostic assessment of cardiovascular risk in obesity compared to traditional body mass index classification.
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