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This project examines the relationship between different layers of abdominal fat and health outcomes, particularly insulin resistance. It aims to characterize these fat layers using advanced imaging techniques and explore genetic factors influencing fat distribution.
Abdominal obesity is related to a number of adverse health outcomes but the relationships between expansion of certain fat depots and health outcomes, or the mechanisms by which adipose tissue communicates to the rest of the body, are unclear.
Abdominal subcutaneous adipose tissue (SAT) is divided into two anatomically and morphologically distinct layers (above and below the Scarpa’s fascia).
Preliminary data show that expansion of the deep SAT (dSAT) is strongly related to insulin resistance in…
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