Intramuscular fat, contained within muscle tissue, increases the risk of serious heart disease, regardless of other risk factors, a new study suggests.

The focus on how BMI should be used may have overshadowed an equally, if not more important, matter proposed in a new report.

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The researchers found that for every one per cent increase in muscle fat, there was an increase in coronary microvascular dysfunction and serious heart disease. Read on to know more.

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

People with pockets of fat hidden inside their muscles are at a higher risk of dying or being hospitalized from a heart ...