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Summary: A study revealed that postmenopausal Asian women have higher visceral fat content compared to Caucasian women of the same age and BMI, with no significant correlation between BMI and visceral fat content in the Asian group. Further research is needed to understand the impact of this increased visceral fat on cardio-metabolic health, and there is a call to emphasize healthy lifestyle behaviors in non-obese postmenopausal women of Chinese ancestry.
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Summary: Abdominal ectopic fat deposition and excess visceral fat depots in obesity are related to cardiovascular disease (CVD) and metabolic syndrome (MetS). Liver fibrosis also shows a potential relationship with cardiac dysfunction. This study aimed to investigate the associations of abdominal adiposity and hepatic shear stiffness with subclinical left ventricular (LV) remodeling in adults free of overt CVD.
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Bin Wang, Zaoyang Liu, Jian Wu, Ying Liu, Pin Wang, Hong Liu, Haobin Wang, Tielin Wang, Juan Wang, Yan Tang, Junyan Zhang
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JOURNAL OF CLINICAL ENDOCRINOLOGY & METABOLISM
(2023)
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Randa K. Saad, Malak Ghezzawi, Renee Horanieh, Assem M. Khamis, Katherine H. Saunders, John A. Batsis, Marlene Chakhtoura
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(2021)
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(2021)