Subcutaneous Fat Fibrosis Links Obesity to Insulin Resistance in Chinese Americans

Volume: 103, Issue: 9, Pages: 3194 - 3204
Published: May 28, 2018
Abstract
Type 2 diabetes presents at a lower body mass index (BMI) in Chinese individuals than in white individuals. We sought to determine the role of subcutaneous adipose tissue (SCAT)-intrinsic factors, vs BMI or adiposity per se, in the vulnerability of Chinese individuals to obesity-associated impairment of insulin sensitivity.Thirty-two Chinese and 30 white men and women from a cohort in the San Francisco Bay Area underwent anthropometric...
Paper Details
Title
Subcutaneous Fat Fibrosis Links Obesity to Insulin Resistance in Chinese Americans
Published Date
May 28, 2018
Volume
103
Issue
9
Pages
3194 - 3204
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