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HIGH PORTAL FFA IN GENESIS OF METABOLIC DISEASSE IN WOMEN

$16,342M01FY2000RRNIH

University Of Tennessee Health Sci Ctr, Memphis TN

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Abstract

Obese individuals with abdominal distribution of body fat have a greater prevalence of coronary artery disease, non-insulin-dependent diabetic, insulin resistance, and hypertension than those with lower body or gluteal-fermoral fat, Abdominal adiposity, or more specifically intra-abdominal fat, is closely associated with a number of metabolic aberrations including hyperglycemia, hyperinsulinemia, and hyperlipidemia."

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