title: Distribution of abdominal visceral and subcutaneous adipose tissue and metabolic syndrome in a Korean population.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  This study aimed to assess the correlation between abdominal subcutaneous adipose tissue (SAT) and metabolic syndrome (MetS) in Korean adults after adjusting for the effects of visceral adipose tissue (VAT).
  
  
  METHODS
  The SAT/VAT ratio (SVR) was calculated using abdominal computed tomography in 2,655 subjects. We used regression analyses to assess whether the SVR predicted MetS.
  
  
  RESULTS
  For both sexes, the prevalence of elevated triglycerides, reduced HDL, and elevated fasting glucose significantly decreased with increasing quintiles of SVR (P for trend < 0.05). The prevalence and odds ratios of MetS significantly decreased as the SVR increased (men: odds ratio 0.5 [95% CI 0.3-0.7]; women: 0.2 [0.1-0.5] for comparisons of lowest vs. highest quintile; P for trend < 0.05).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  After adjustment for VAT, abdominal SAT was inversely correlated with the occurrence of MetS.
authors.affiliation: Department of Family Medicine, CHA Hospital Anti-Aging Institute, Seoul, South Korea.
authors.forename: Soyeun
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Belong
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Cho
authors.forename: Hyejin
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Kyojoo
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Choi
authors.forename: Seung Sik
authors.initials: SS
authors.lastname: Hwang
authors.forename: Donghee
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Kyoungwoo
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Hyuktae
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kwon
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D044466:Asian People / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D050152:Intra-Abdominal Fat / Q000473:pathology*; D016015:Logistic Models; D008297:Male; D024821:Metabolic Syndrome / Q000208:ethnology* / Q000473:pathology*; D015999:Multivariate Analysis; D015995:Prevalence; D056910:Republic of Korea / Q000453:epidemiology; D050151:Subcutaneous Fat / Q000473:pathology*