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Type 2 Diabetes
Visceral adipose tissue and type 2 diabetes highest among Filipino women
November 10th, 2005
A recent study showed visceral adipose tissue and type 2 diabetes was the highest among Filipino women compared to whites and African-Americans. In a recent report published in the journal Obesity Research, researchers in the United States conducted a study "To compare ethnic differences in visceral adipose tissue (VAT), assessed by computed tomography, and type 2 diabetes risk among 55- to 80-year-old Filipino, African-American, and white women without known cardiovascular disease." M. R. G. Araneta and colleagues chose subjects who "were participants in the Rancho Bernardo Study (n=196), the Filipino Women's Health Study (n=181), and the...
Source: Women's Health Weekly (2005-11-10)
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