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INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF OBESITY
Volume 30, Issue 7, Pages 1163-1165Publisher
NATURE PUBLISHING GROUP
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ijo.0803248
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abdominal adipose tissue; visceral adipose tissue; Japanese; Caucasian
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- NHLBI NIH HHS [1R01 HL68200, R01 HL068200] Funding Source: Medline
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Visceral adipose tissue (VAT) is an independent risk factor for metabolic and cardiovascular disorders. There has been no study that demonstrated different abdominal fat distribution between Asian and Caucasian men. As the Japanese are less obese but more susceptible to metabolic disorders than Caucasians, they may have larger VAT than Caucasians at similar levels of obesity. We compared the abdominal fat distribution of the Japanese (n=239) and Caucasian-American (n=177) men aged 40-49 years in groups stratified by waist circumference in a population-based sample. We obtained computed tomography images and determined areas of VAT and subcutaneous adipose tissue (SAT). We calculated VAT to SAT ratio (VSR). The Japanese men had a larger VAT and VSR in each stratum, despite substantially less obesity overall. In multiethnic studies, difference in abdominal fat distribution should be considered in exploring factors related to obesity.
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