title: Dietary patterns, abdominal visceral adipose tissue, and cardiometabolic risk factors in African Americans: the Jackson heart study.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To examine the relative association of abdominal visceral adipose tissue (VAT) with cardiometabolic risk factors between African and European Americans.
  
  
  METHODS
  We conducted a cross-sectional study of 2035 African Americans from Jackson Heart Study (JHS) and 3170 European Americans from Framingham Heart Study (FHS) who underwent computed tomography assessment of VAT and subcutaneous adipose tissue (SAT). The FHS participants were weighted to match the age distribution of the JHS participants and the metabolic risk factors were examined by study groups in relation to VAT.
  
  
  RESULTS
  JHS participants had higher rates of obesity, hypertension, diabetes and metabolic syndrome than FHS participants (all p = 0.001). The associations were weaker in JHS women for VAT with blood pressure, triglycerides, HDL-C, and total cholesterol (pinteraction = 0.03 to 0.001) than FHS women. In contrast, JHS men had stronger associations for VAT with high triglycerides, low HDL, and metabolic syndrome (all pinteraction = 0.001) compared to FHS men. Similar associations and gender patterns existed for SAT with most metabolic risk factors.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The relative association between VAT and cardiometabolic risk factors is weaker in JHS women compared to FHS women, whereas stronger association with triglycerides and HDL were observed in JHS men.
authors.affiliation: Jackson Heart Study, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson State University, Jackson, Mississippi, USA. jliu@umc.edu
authors.forename: Jiankang
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: DeMarc A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Hickson
authors.forename: Solomon K
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Musani
authors.forename: Sameera A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Talegawkar
authors.forename: Teresa C
authors.initials: TC
authors.lastname: Carithers
authors.forename: Katherine L
authors.initials: KL
authors.lastname: Tucker
authors.forename: Caroline S
authors.initials: CS
authors.lastname: Fox
authors.forename: Herman A
authors.initials: HA
authors.lastname: Taylor
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001741:Black or African American; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001794:Blood Pressure; D015992:Body Mass Index; D002318:Cardiovascular Diseases / Q000208:ethnology / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology*; D008076:Cholesterol, HDL / Q000097:blood; D008078:Cholesterol, LDL / Q000097:blood; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005247:Feeding Behavior; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D050152:Intra-Abdominal Fat / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000503:physiopathology*; D016014:Linear Models; D016015:Logistic Models; D008297:Male; D024821:Metabolic Syndrome / Q000150:complications / Q000208:ethnology / Q000503:physiopathology; D008875:Middle Aged; D015999:Multivariate Analysis; D015596:Nutrition Assessment; D009765:Obesity / Q000150:complications / Q000208:ethnology / Q000503:physiopathology; D018570:Risk Assessment; D012307:Risk Factors; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D050151:Subcutaneous Fat / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000503:physiopathology; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014280:Triglycerides / Q000097:blood; D044465:White People; D055815:Young Adult
chemical_list: D008076:Cholesterol, HDL; D008078:Cholesterol, LDL; D014280:Triglycerides