Effect of Gender on the Total Abdominal Fat, Intra-Abdominal Adipose Tissue and Abdominal Sub-Cutaneous Adipose Tissue among Indian Hypertensive Patients

Introduction: Abdominal obesity is a better marker of adverse metabolic profile than generalized obesity in hypertensive subjects. Further, gender has effect on adiposity and its distribution. Aim: Effect of gender on obesity and the distribution of fat in different sub-compartments of abdomen am...

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Main Authors: Jaya Prakash Sahoo, Savita Kumari, Sanjay Jain
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: JCDR Research and Publications Private Limited 2016-04-01
Series:Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research
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Online Access:https://jcdr.net/articles/PDF/7601/17594_CE(RA1)_F(T)_PF1(Ru_Om)_PFA(AK)_PF2(PAG).pdf