Review Article

Obesity, Visceral Fat, and NAFLD: Querying the Role of Adipokines in the Progression of Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease

Table 4

Body fat distribution [27].

DepotRemarks

SubcutaneousAbout 80% of all body fat. Can functionally be divided into abdominal and gluteofemoral

VisceralDrained by the portal vein. Anatomically divided into omental, mesenteric, and retroperitoneal fat

OtherPeritoneal and orbital