Visceral adiposity is associated with metabolic profiles predictive of type 2 diabetes and myocardial infarction

Javeria Raheem; Eeva Sliz; Jean Shin; Michael V. Holmes; G. Bruce Pike; Louis Richer; Daniel Gaudet; Tomas Paus; Zdenka Pausova

doi:10.1038/s43856-022-00140-5

Communications Medicine (Jul 2022)

Visceral adiposity is associated with metabolic profiles predictive of type 2 diabetes and myocardial infarction

Javeria Raheem,
Eeva Sliz,
Jean Shin,
Michael V. Holmes,
G. Bruce Pike,
Louis Richer,
Daniel Gaudet,
Tomas Paus,
Zdenka Pausova

Affiliations

Javeria Raheem: The Hospital for Sick Children, University of Toronto
Eeva Sliz: The Hospital for Sick Children, University of Toronto
Jean Shin: The Hospital for Sick Children, University of Toronto
Michael V. Holmes: MRC Population Health Research Unit at the University of Oxford
G. Bruce Pike: Department of Radiology and Clinical Neurosciences, University of Calgary
Louis Richer: Department of Health Sciences, Université du Québec à Chicoutimi
Daniel Gaudet: Clinical Lipidology and Rare Lipid Disorders Unit, Community Genetic Medicine Center, Department of Medicine, Université de Montréal
Tomas Paus: ECOGENE-21
Zdenka Pausova: The Hospital for Sick Children, University of Toronto

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s43856-022-00140-5
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 2, no. 1
pp. 1 – 7

Abstract

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Raheem, Sliz et al. study the serum metabolome and an imaging-based measure of visceral fat in adults and adolescents. The authors find that, independently of BMI, visceral fat quantity is associated with a metabolomic profile similar to those predictive of type 2 diabetes and myocardial infarction.

Published in Communications Medicine

ISSN: 2730-664X (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Medicine
Website: https://www.nature.com/commsmed/

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