Counterintuitive relationship between visceral fat and all‐cause mortality in an elderly A sian population
Abstract
Abdominal obesity is considered to be a risk factor for mortality. However, recent studies indicate that overweight may be negatively associated with mortality ("obesity paradox"). The relationships between mortality and various obesity markers in an elderly Asian cohort were evaluated.Subjects of the Korean Longitudinal Study on Health and Aging (KLoSHA) (n = 1000, age ≥65 years) were included. The visceral fat area (VFA) and subcutaneous fat...
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Title
Counterintuitive relationship between visceral fat and all‐cause mortality in an elderly A sian population
Published Date
Oct 8, 2014
Journal
Volume
23
Issue
1
Pages
220 - 227
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