| Literature DB >> 15488647 |
Justo Sierra-Johnson1, Bruce D Johnson.
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Reports of relationships between measures of insulin sensitivity and measures of body fat and fat distribution suggest that abdominal fat accumulation is a predictor of insulin resistance. It has been previously suggested that facial fat (primarily in the cheeks and neck) is strongly associated with visceral abdominal fat accumulation. The facial fat is a rich vascular region, that seems to be metabolically active and resembles abdominal white adipose tissue. We, therefore, hypothesize that facial fat could be a good predictor of insulin resistance. Whether facial fat can be used as an accurate marker for insulin resistance remains to be determined.Entities:
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Year: 2004 PMID： 15488647 DOI： 10.1016/j.mehy.2004.06.020
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Med Hypotheses ISSN： 0306-9877 Impact factor: 1.538