Intramuscular fat, contained within muscle tissue, increases the risk of serious heart disease, regardless of other risk ...

Learn about the connection between hidden heart fat and inflammation and blood vessel problems. Find out why this fat can ...

Increased intermuscular fat, not BMI, was independently associated with coronary microvascular function and major adverse CV ...

This is especially true in women, where high body mass index ... In our research, we analyze muscle and different types of fat to understand how body composition can influence the small blood ...

People with pockets of fat hidden inside their muscles are at a higher risk of dying or being hospitalized from a heart attack or heart failure, regardless of their body mass index, according to new ...

Researchers found that women with high levels of intermuscular fat had an ‘especially high risk’ of heart attack or failure, ...

Body mass index (BMI) is a measure of someone’s weight compared to their height whereas body fat percentage is a measure of ...

Skeletal muscle fat infiltration (IMAT) is linked to coronary microvascular dysfunction and increased cardiovascular risk, ...

A new study, from Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Faculty ... found that intramuscular fat — fatty pockets within muscle tissue — increased a person’s risk of serious heart disease ...