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| VISCERAL FAT ACCUMULATION MEASURED BY MAGNETIC-RESONANCE-IMAGING IN RELATION TO SERUM-LIPIDS IN OBESE MEN AND WOMEN |
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| Author(s): LEENEN R, VANDERKOOY K, SEIDELL JC, DEURENBERG P |
| Source: ATHEROSCLEROSIS Volume: 94 Issue: 2-3 Pages: 171-181 Published: JUN 1992 |
| Times Cited: 48 References: 43 |
| Abstract: In 91 apparently healthy obese subjects (45 premenopausal women and 46 men) the associations between specific fat depots and serum lipids were studied. Magnetic resonance imaging was used to quantify fat depots at abdominal and hip level. In women, an accumulation of visceral fat was associated with a less favourable lipid profile, even after adjustment for age and body fat percentage: higher triglycerides levels (P < 0.001), lower levels of HDL-cholesterol (P < 0.01) and a diminished HDL-cholesterol/LDL-cholesterol ratio (P < 0.01). In men, however, the significant inverse relationship between an abundance of visceral fat and the HDL-cholesterol/LDL-cholesterol ratio and the significant positive correlations with total-, LDL-cholesterol and triglycerides disappeared after adjustment for age and fat percentage. Within each sex, subcutaneous fat neither at abdominal level nor at hip level was significantly related to serum lipids. It is concluded that there are gender differences in the associations between visceral fat accumulation and serum lipids. |
| Document Type: Article |
| Language: English |
| Reprint Address: LEENEN, R (reprint author), WAGENINGEN UNIV AGR, DEPT HUMAN NUTR, POB 8129, 6700 EV WAGENINGEN, NETHERLANDS |
| Publisher: ELSEVIER SCI IRELAND LTD, CUSTOMER RELATIONS MANAGER, BAY 15, SHANNON INDUSTRIAL ESTATE CO, CLARE, IRELAND |
| Subject Category: Peripheral Vascular Disease |
| IDS Number: JA204 |
| ISSN: 0021-9150 |
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