Glucose Intolerance and the Amount of Visceral Adipose Tissue Contribute to an Increase in Circulating Triglyceride Concentrations in Caucasian Obese Females

• Margot Berings ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Margot Berings, Charline Wehlou

  Affiliation Department of Endocrinology, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium

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• Charline Wehlou ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Margot Berings, Charline Wehlou

  Affiliation Department of Endocrinology, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium

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• An Verrijken,

  Affiliation Department of Endocrinology, Diabetology and Metabolism, Antwerp University Hospital, Antwerp, Belgium

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• Ellen Deschepper,

  Affiliation Biostatistics Unit, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium

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• Ilse Mertens,

  Affiliation Department of Endocrinology, Diabetology and Metabolism, Antwerp University Hospital, Antwerp, Belgium

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• Jean-Marc Kaufman,

  Affiliation Department of Endocrinology, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium

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• Luc F. Van Gaal,

  Affiliation Department of Endocrinology, Diabetology and Metabolism, Antwerp University Hospital, Antwerp, Belgium

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• D. Margriet Ouwens,

  Affiliation German Diabetes Center, Institute for Clinical Biochemistry and Pathobiochemistry, Düsseldorf, Germany

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• Johannes B. Ruige

  * E-mail: johannes.ruige@ugent.be

  Affiliation Department of Endocrinology, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium

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