The fat gets healthier-looking on scans even if the amount of fat doesn’t change — the drug is improving the fat itself, not just shrinking it.

Even if your fat started out looking healthier or less healthy on the scan, the drug still made it denser — the effect doesn’t depend on where you started.

Only HIV patients whose belly fat shrinks by at least 8% after taking this drug also get healthier-looking fat on scans — others don’t benefit in this way.

Even when scientists account for how much belly fat was lost, the fat that’s left still gets denser and healthier-looking on scans — meaning the drug is doing something beyond just shrinking fat.

The fat got healthier-looking on scans after 6 months of treatment, and there’s no sign the effect faded — it lasted the whole time.

The fat under the skin gets denser and healthier-looking on scans even when the amount of that fat doesn’t change much — the drug is improving its quality directly.