Correlation of epicardial fat and anthropometric measurements in Asian-Indians: A community based study

Correlation of epicardial fat and anthropometric measurements in Asian-Indians: A community based study

Background: It is increasingly evident that visceral adipose tissue plays a leading role in the pathogenesis of the metabolic syndrome. Unfortunately, accurate quantification of intra-abdominal visceral fat is cumbersome and expensive. Epicardial fat represents the component of visceral fat distribu...

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Main Authors: Ranjan Shetty, G Vivek, Kushal Naha, Krishnananda Nayak, Amit Goyal, Lorraine S Dias
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2012-10-01
Series:Avicenna Journal of Medicine
Subjects:
anthropometric measurements
epicardial fat
metabolic syndrome visceral fat
Online Access:http://www.thieme-connect.de/DOI/DOI?10.4103/2231-0770.110739

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