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BioMed Central

Background Coronary artery calcium (CAC) improves cardiovascular event prediction. Visceral adipose tissue (VAT) is a cardiometabolic risk factor that may directly or through its related comorbidities determine the obesity-related risk. A clinical VAT estimator could allow an efficient evaluation of obesity-related risk. We aimed to analyze the effect of VAT and its related cardiometabolic risk...