The relationship between visceral obesity and the clinicopathologic features of patients with small renal masses.

Introduction And Objectives: It is well known that adipose tissue plays a key role in the metabolic syndrome. We investigated whether visceral fat (VFA) and or subcutaneous fat (SQF) levels are associated with the tumor phenotype of small renal masses. Additionally, we sought to investigate the relationship between VFA and baseline renal function as measured by glomerular filtration rate.