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January 1, 2016World Journal of Gastrointestinal Pharmacology and TherapeuticsOpen Access

Factors associated with visceral fat accumulation in the general population in Okinawa, Japan

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Population

1004 subjects from the general population who underwent a medical health checkup between April 2008 and…

Design

Cross-sectional

Authors

SAShingo ArakakiTMTatsuji MaeshiroAHAkira Hokama

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Overview

Supports sex-specific visceral fat assessment in metabolic screening; leaves open causal and outcome implications.

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Population
1004 subjects from the general population who underwent a medical health checkup between April 2008 and March 2009, mean age 57.0 years, mean BMI 24.4 kg/m2, in Okinawa, Japan.
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Outcome
Clinical and biochemical factors associated with visceral fat accumulation (measured by abdominal CT)surrogate

Gender differences exist in the clinical and biochemical parameters associated with visceral fat accumulation, with triglycerides being significant in men and HDL-C and alcohol consumption in women.

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Arakaki et al. (2016) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a90db0bd2f2d69b3a744808https://doi.org/10.4292/wjgpt.v7.i2.261
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