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The distribution of adipose tissue in the body has wide-ranging and reproducible associations with health and disease. Accumulation of adipose tissue in the upper body (abdominal obesity) is associated with the development of cardiovascular disease, insulin resistance, type 2 diabetes mellitus and even all-cause mortality. Conversely, accumulation of fat in the lower body (gluteofemoral obesity) shows opposite associations with cardiovascular disease and type 2 diabetes mellitus when adjusted...
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- 10.1038/nrendo.2014.185
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- Publisher:
- Nature Publishing Group Publisher's website
- Journal:
- Nature Reviews Endocrinology Journal website
- Volume:
- 11
- Pages:
- 90–100
- Publication date:
- 2015-01-01
- DOI:
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1759-5037
- ISSN:
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1759-5029
- URN:
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uuid:d7f41e19-46a5-44b2-8993-7572d1a0fb2d
- Source identifiers:
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488481
- Local pid:
- pubs:488481
- Language:
- English
- Copyright holder:
- Macmillan Publishers Limited
- Copyright date:
- 2015
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Biology of upper-body and lower-body adipose tissue-link to whole-body phenotypes.
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