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Cardiovascular Disease Risk Factors
Abdominal fat, high insulin resistance impair metabolic health of older women
April 28th, 2005
The combination of increased abdominal fat and high insulin resistance comprises a key risk factor for postmenopausal women's cardiovascular health, reports a study from Canada. M.E. Piche and colleagues, University of Laval, evaluated "the respective contribution of abdominal visceral adipose tissue (AT) accumulation and insulin resistance (IR) to the determination of a comprehensive cardiovascular metabolic risk profile in 108 postmenopausal women not receiving hormone therapy." According to their report, "Insulin sensitivity (M/I) was determined by a hyperinsulinemic-euglycemic clamp, and visceral AT area was measured by computed tomography....
Source: Women's Health Weekly (2005-04-28)
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