Visceral and subcutaneous adipose tissue volumes are cross-sectionally related to markers of inflammation and oxidative stress: the Framingham Heart Study

Excess adiposity is associated with greater systemic inflammation. Whether visceral adiposity is more proinflammatory than subcutaneous abdominal adiposity is unclear. We examined the relations of abdominal subcutaneous adipose tissue (SAT) and visceral adipose tissue (VAT), assessed by multidetecto...

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Published in:	Circulation (New York, N.Y.) Vol. 116; no. 11; p. 1234
Main Authors:	Pou, Karla M, Massaro, Joseph M, Hoffmann, Udo, Vasan, Ramachandran S, Maurovich-Horvat, Pal, Larson, Martin G, Keaney, Jr, John F, Meigs, James B, Lipinska, Izabella, Kathiresan, Sekar, Murabito, Joanne M, O'Donnell, Christopher J, Benjamin, Emelia J, Fox, Caroline S
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	United States 11.09.2007
Subjects:	Aged Biomarkers - metabolism Cross-Sectional Studies Female Humans Inflammation - metabolism Inflammation - pathology Intra-Abdominal Fat - metabolism Intra-Abdominal Fat - pathology Longitudinal Studies Male Middle Aged Obesity - metabolism Obesity - pathology Oxidative Stress - physiology Subcutaneous Fat - metabolism Subcutaneous Fat - pathology Subcutaneous Fat, Abdominal - metabolism Subcutaneous Fat, Abdominal - pathology
ISSN:	1524-4539, 1524-4539
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