Interethnic Differences in Muscle, Liver and Abdominal Fat Partitioning in Obese Adolescents
Liska D, Dufour S, Zern TL, Taksali S, Calí AM, Dziura J, Shulman GI, Pierpont BM, Caprio S. Interethnic Differences in Muscle, Liver and Abdominal Fat Partitioning in Obese Adolescents. PLOS ONE 2007, 2: e569. PMID: 17593968, PMCID: PMC1892806, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0000569.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMagnetic resonance imagingLiver fat contentHepatic fat contentInsulin resistanceObese adolescentsAfrican AmericansOral glucose tolerance testingObese Hispanic adolescentsAbdominal fat distributionGlucose tolerance testingType 2 diabetesTotal body fatEthnic differencesClear ethnic differencesVisceral fatInsulin sensitivityFat distributionTolerance testingIMCL levelsMultiethnic cohortObese youthFat contentAbdominal cavityBody fatSoleus muscle