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Can increased visceral adiposity without body weight changes accelerate carotid atherosclerosis in South Korean participants wi

Endocrinology
Author
Kim CS et al.
Used Parameters : PBF

Publication Year : 2015

Country : Korea

Journal : Journal of Diabetes and its Complications

Aims Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) and visceral obesity are associated with each other and with cardiovascular diseases. We determined whether increased visceral adiposity without weight gain was associated with sex-specific accelerated carotid atherosclerosis in South Koreans with T2DM. Methods From 2003 to 2012, we recruited 280 participants with T2DM for the Seoul Metabolic Syndrome cohort who had body weight, visceral fat thickness (VFT), and carotid intima-media thickness (CIMT) measured at intervals of 2 years …
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