Low density lipoprotein cholesterol is inversely correlated with abdominal visceral fat area: a magnetic resonance imaging study.

Background: Visceral Fat Area (VFA) is an independent predictor of coronary disease. While low density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) is used to determine risk and guide therapy, its accuracy fails in obese patients who may have low LDL-C despite high VFA.

Objective: We sought to describe the relationship between VFA, LDL-C and to describe shifting cholesterol metabolism with increasing VFA.

Liver fat percent is associated with metabolic risk factors and the metabolic syndrome in a high-risk vascular cohort.

Objective: To determine whether liver fat percent (LFP) is associated with the metabolic syndrome independently of visceral fat area (VFA).

Methods: 43 High-risk vascular patients not on lipid-lowering therapy were evaluated for the Adult Treatment Panel III (ATPIII) metabolic syndrome criteria and underwent magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) to quantify VFA and subcutaneous fat area (SFA) at the L4-L5 disc and liver magnetic resonance spectroscopy (MRS) to quantify LFP. Comparisons: 1.