Association between increased visceral fat area and alterations in plasma fatty acid profile in overweight subjects: a cross-sectional study

Abstract Background Visceral fat accumulation in overweight status has been resulted in changes of fatty acid profiles. The fatty acids profiles can be altered by fatty acid desaturase; the activity of which is highly associated with obesity and other metabolic diseases. We hypothesized that fatty a...

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Main Authors: Miso Kang, Ayoung Lee, Hye Jin Yoo, Minjoo Kim, Minkyung Kim, Dong Yeob Shin, Jong Ho Lee
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2017-12-01
Series:Lipids in Health and Disease
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12944-017-0642-z