Relationship Between Abdominal Visceral Fat and Lacunar Infarcts in Japanese Men

The relationship between abdominal visceral fat accumulation and lacunar infarcts has not been previously investigated in Japanese men.The subjects were 637 middle-aged (40-64 years) and 222 elderly (65-79 years) men who participated in a health checkup program from 1999 to 2003. The association between lacunar infarcts identified by magnetic resonance imaging and cardiovascular risk factors, including abdominal visceral fat accumulation...