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Aug 2026
Visceral adipose tissue and incident cardiovascular disease among individuals without diabetes: an analysis of 15 prospective cohorts from 7 countries in Latin America
Summary Background Visceral adipose tissue (VAT) may causally contribute to cardiovascular disease (CVD); however, evidence in Latin America is limited. Here, we evaluated the association between estimated VAT (eVAT) and incident CVD among individuals without diabetes and estimated its population-attributable fraction...
M. Torres-Chávez, Jesús Ernesto Martínez-Luna, M. F. Suárez-Velázquez et al.
· The Lancet Regional Health -... · 0 citations