Ethnic differences in lipoprotein subclasses in obese adolescents: importance of liver and intraabdominal fat accretion
D'Adamo E, Northrup V, Weiss R, Santoro N, Pierpont B, Savoye M, O'Malley G, Caprio S. Ethnic differences in lipoprotein subclasses in obese adolescents: importance of liver and intraabdominal fat accretion. American Journal Of Clinical Nutrition 2010, 92: 500-508. PMID: 20573788, PMCID: PMC2921534, DOI: 10.3945/ajcn.2010.29270.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHepatic fat fractionObese adolescentsLarge HDLEthnic differencesFat accretionCardiometabolic risk factorsDeleterious metabolic effectsNormal glucose toleranceLipoprotein particle numberVisceral fat depositionLiver fat contentLarge VLDL particlesLarge HDL particlesImportance of liverMagnetic resonance imagingAfrican AmericansSuccessive tertilesMultivariate adjustmentGlucose toleranceLiver fatLower triglyceridesLipoprotein concentrationsRisk factorsLipoprotein subclassesMetabolic effects