... ultrasonographywould have been a better clinical marker and mayhave provided more reliable information. In summary, increased visceral adiposity is associ-ated with increased proinflammatory factors ... organ,which increases the production of in ammatory cytokines (e.g.IL-6, TNFa) as well as lipoprotein lipase, angiotensinogen, free fattyacids, resistin, leptin, lactate, PAI-1, insulin and adipsin, ... increasedlevels of proinflammatory factors and decreased anti- in ammatory cytokines [125,126]. Interestingly, testo-sterone therapy prevents a gain in visceral adiposetissue in non-obese aging...