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SUBMITTER: Therkelsen KE
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4770559 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Feb
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Therkelsen Kate E KE Pedley Alison A Rosenquist Klara J KJ Hoffmann Udo U Massaro Joseph M JM Murabito Joanne M JM Fox Caroline S CS
Obesity (Silver Spring, Md.) 20151223 2
<h4>Objective</h4>Weight gain is associated with fat volume increases, but associations with fat quality are less well characterized The associations of weight change with visceral adipose tissue (VAT) and subcutaneous adipose tissue (SAT) volume and attenuation were investigated.<h4>Methods</h4>Computed tomography abdominal scans were acquired on a Framingham Heart Study subset (N = 836; 40.2% women; mean age 45.7 years), a mean of 6.1 years apart. Fat attenuation estimated fat quality.<h4>Resu ...[more]