Ethnic differences in hepatic, pancreatic, muscular and visceral fat deposition in healthy men of white European and black west African ethnicity

Ectopic fat, defined as the accumulation of triglycerides in non-adipose tissues, is more strongly related to type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) than measures of whole body adiposity [1,2]. The advancement of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) technology for the study of regional adiposity, has confirmed that not all fat is equal and the deposition of ectopic fat has a greater association with insulin resistance than subcutaneous depots which are considered metabolically ‘safe’ fat storage depots [3–5].

Source: Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice - September 18, 2019 Category: Endocrinology Authors: Olah Hakim, Oluwatoyosi Bello, Meera Ladwa, Dimitra Christodoulou, Esma Bulut, Haris Shuaib, Janet L. Peacock, A. Margot Umpleby, Geoff Charles-Edwards, Stephanie A. Amiel, Louise M. Goff Source Type: research