Cardiovascular Disease
Data on cardiovascular disease published by W. Boorsma and colleagues
Published in Cardiovascular Week, February 2nd, 2009
In this recently published study, investigators in Amsterdam, Netherlands conducted a study "To assess whether insulin sensitivity can explain the associations of leg-fat mass (LFM) and trunk-fat mass (TFM) with the cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk profile in healthy European men and women. We studied 142 healthy men and women of a multicenter European study on insulin sensitivity, aged 30-60 years, from the centres in Hoorn, the Netherlands and Rome, Italy."
"Whole-body dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA) was used to determine fat and lean soft tissue mass in the trunk and legs. Fasting glucose, insulin, and lipid levels were measured. Insulin sensitivity...
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Source: Cardiovascular Week (2009-02-02)
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