Associations of trunk fat depots with insulin resistance, β cell function and glycaemia--a multiple technique study.

Associations of trunk fat depots with insulin resistance, β cell function and glycaemia--a multiple technique study.

OBJECTIVE: Central (truncal) adiposity is associated strongly with insulin resistance and diabetes. There are very few reports comparing methods of trunk fat measurement in their ability to predict glycaemia and insulin resistance. We report a comparative analysis of different trunk fat measurements...

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Main Authors: Anjali Ganpule-Rao, Charudatta Joglekar, Deepak Patkar, Manoj Chinchwadkar, Dattatreya Bhat, Himangi Lubree, Sonali Rege, Bhagyashree Uradey, Chittaranjan Yajnik, John Yudkin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3792935?pdf=render

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