Visceral obesity, but not central obesity, is associated with cardiac remodeling in subjects with suspected metabolic syndrome

Background and aims Metabolic syndrome (MetS) is a cluster of multiple risk factors including central obesity that may lead to cardiac damage and cardiovascular events. We investigated whether visceral obesity induces cardiac structural and functional remodeling independently from central obesity and other risk factors in subjects with suspected MetS. Methods and results We studied 229 participants with suspected MetS. Visceral fat area (VFA)...