1. Racial differences in visceral adipose tissue but not anthropometric markers of health-related variables.
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Perry AC, Applegate EB, Jackson ML, Deprima S, Goldberg RB, Ross R, Kempner L, and Feldman BB
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- Adult, Apolipoproteins B blood, Black People, Blood Pressure physiology, Body Composition physiology, Body Weight physiology, Diet, Exercise physiology, Female, Humans, Lipoproteins blood, Lipoproteins, LDL metabolism, Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Obesity physiopathology, Stress, Psychological physiopathology, Vascular Resistance physiology, White People, Black or African American, Adipose Tissue physiology, Anthropometry, Health Status Indicators, Racial Groups
- Abstract
This study sought to determine whether visceral adipose tissue (VAT) and/or its anthropometric surrogates could significantly predict health-related variables (HRV) in overweight Caucasian (CC) (n = 36) and African-American (AA) (n = 30) women. With the use of magnetic resonance imaging, findings showed significantly higher volume and area of VAT (P < 0.0001 for both) as well as higher triacylglycerol (P = 0.009) in CC compared with AA women. Furthermore, VAT volume, race, and VAT volume x race interaction could significantly predict triacylglycerol (P = 0.0094), high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (P = 0.0057), insulin (P = 0.0002), and insulin resistance (P < 0. 0001). Additionally, the VAT volume x race interaction for insulin (P = 0.040) and insulin resistance (P = 0.003) was significant. In a separate analysis, waist circumference and race predicted the identical variables. Our results support the use of volume or area of VAT in predicting HRV in CC women; however, its use in AA women appears limited. In contrast, waist circumference can provide a suitable VAT alternative for both CC and AA women; however, VAT clearly represents the more powerful predictor.
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- 2000
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