High Visceral and Low Abdominal Subcutaneous Fat Stores in the Obese Adolescent A Determinant of an Adverse Metabolic Phenotype
Taksali SE, Caprio S, Dziura J, Dufour S, Calí A, Goodman TR, Papademetris X, Burgert TS, Pierpont BM, Savoye M, Shaw M, Seyal AA, Weiss R. High Visceral and Low Abdominal Subcutaneous Fat Stores in the Obese Adolescent A Determinant of an Adverse Metabolic Phenotype. Diabetes 2007, 57: 367-371. PMID: 17977954, DOI: 10.2337/db07-0932.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMetabolic syndromeObese adolescentsInsulin resistanceVisceral fatSubcutaneous fatAdverse metabolic phenotypeC-reactive proteinSevere metabolic complicationsAbdominal subcutaneous fatBMI z-scoreProton magnetic resonance spectroscopyMulti-ethnic cohortFat-free massSubcutaneous fat depotsMagnetic resonance imagingSubcutaneous fat storesMetabolic complicationsTotal adiponectinHepatic fatLiver fatTriglyceride levelsInterleukin-6Visceral depotsOdds ratioC-peptide