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Obesity and the metabolic syndrome: the San Antonio Heart Study

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 March 2007

Steven M. Haffner
Steven M. Haffner*
Affiliation:
Department of Medicine, The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, 7703 Floyd Curl Drive, San Antonio, Texas, 78229–3900, USA
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Corresponding author: S. M. Haffner, fax +1 210 567 6955, email haffner@uthscsa.edu
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Abstract

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Obesity, especially visceral adiposity, is a major determinant of the development of type 2 diabetes. Both visceral adiposity and insulin resistance are strongly related to cardiovascular risk factors in diabetic and non-diabetic subjects. One of the areas where the correlation between visceral fat (upper body adiposity) and cardiovascular risk is most apparent is the prediabetic state. We have recently shown that only prediabetic subjects (those who later develop type 2 diabetes) who are insulin resistant and with upper body adiposity have increased triglycerides, decreased HDL cholesterol and high blood pressure.

Keywords

ObesityMetabolic syndromeType 2 diabetesPrediabetic
Type
Research Article
Information
British Journal of Nutrition , Volume 83 , Issue S1 , June 2000 , pp. S67 - S70
Copyright
Copyright © The Nutrition Society 2000

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