Postmenopausal Chinese-Singaporean Women Have a Higher Ratio of Visceral to Subcutaneous Adipose Tissue Volume than Caucasian Women of the Same Age and BMI

• Published in: Diagnostics (Basel) Vol. 11; no. 11; p. 2127
• Main Authors: Kalimeri, Maria, Totman, John J., Baum, Thomas, Diefenbach, Maximilian N., Hauner, Hans, Makowski, Marcus R., Subburaj, Karupppasamy, Cameron-Smith, David, Henry, Christiani Jeyakumar, Karampinos, Dimitrios C., Junker, Daniela
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Basel MDPI AG 16.11.2021; MDPI
• Subjects: Abdomen; Age; Asian; Asian people; Body fat; Body mass index; Cardiovascular disease; Caucasian; Datasets; Diabetes; Ethnicity; Hormone replacement therapy; Magnetic resonance imaging; Medical research; Medicine; Metabolic syndrome; Minority & ethnic groups; Nutrition research; postmenopause; subcutaneous adipose tissue; visceral adipose tissue; Womens health; Singapore

Central fat accumulation is a significant determinant of cardio-metabolic health risk, known to differ between ethnically distinct human populations. Despite evidence for preferential central adiposity in Asian populations, the proportional distribution between the subcutaneous and visceral compartm...