Searchable abstracts of presentations at key conferences in endocrinology

ea0020p436 | Obesity and Metabolism | ECE2009

Association between visceral fat and cardiovascular disease risk factors

Berker Dilek , Aydin Yusuf , Isik Serhat , Tutuncu Yasemin , Pasaoglu Lale , Delibasi Tuncay , Guler Serdar

Objective: We designed this study to evaluate whether visceral fat area (VFA), and subcutaneous fat area (SFA) are associated with atherosclerotic parameters in obese and non-obese subjects.Material and methods: Of 104 healthy volunteers were recruited for the study. Participitants were divided into two groups according to their body mass index (BMI). Group 1 has a BMI of <25 kg/m2 (n=31) and the BMI of the group 2 was ≥25 kg/...