Esperanza Milagros García-Oropesa, Adriana L Perales-Torres, Yoscelina Estrella Martínez-López, Claudia X Munguía-Cisneros, Edna J Nava-González, Monserrat Pérez-Navarro, Marisol Rosas-Díaz, Neyla Baltazar, América Arroyo-Valerio, Alvaro Diaz-Badillo, Octelina Castillo-Ruiz, Joselín Hernández-Ruiz, Srinivas Mummidi, Laura Y Ramírez-Quintanilla, Alejandra Bustamante, Carlos Ramirez-Pfeiffer, Leonel Vela, Beatriz Tapia, Juan C Lopez-Alvarenga
AIM: Evaluate insulin resistance (IR) as a mediator of the effect of body fat distribution on liver fat infiltration and stiffness (LSt) in young adults using structural equation modeling (SEM). METHODS: We invited 500 first year students from two universities and evaluated their family history to determine the risk for cardiometabolic disease. Of these, 174 students (age 19 ± 1 years) were assessed for total body fat percentage (BF%), LSt, fat infiltration (Coefficient attenuated parameter CAP), and serum biochemical analysis...
September 1, 2023: Archives of Medical Research