Why the study?
Does the association between abdominal visceral adipose tissue and cardiometabolic risk factors differ between African Americans and European Americans?
Does the association between abdominal visceral adipose tissue and cardiometabolic risk factors differ between African Americans and European Americans?
The relationship between visceral adipose tissue and cardiometabolic risk factors exhibits significant sex and racial differences, being weaker in African American women but stronger in African American men compared to European Americans.
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Race- and sex-specific VAT associations may require adjusted risk models; cross-sectional data leave causal and clinical implications open.
Liu et al. (2013) studied this question.
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