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Distribution of abdominal adiposity and cardiovascular risk factors in yaquis indians from sonora, méxico.
Metab Syndr Relat Disord
December 2007
Medical Research Unit in Clinical Epidemiology, High Speciality Medical Unit of the Mexican Social Security Institute (MSSI), Sonora, Mexico.
Background: Studies on adiposity in indigenous populations from Mexico are scarce and there are not previous reports that examine the topography of abdominal fat depot and cardiovascular risk factors. Therefore, we determined the distribution of abdominal subcutaneous adipose tissue (SAT) and visceral adipose tissue (VAT), and analyzed its relationship with cardiovascular risk factors, in Yaqui Indians.
Methods: In a cross-sectional population based study, a total of 82 apparently healthy Yaqui Indians (age 44 +/- 14 years and BMI 27.